6. A content publishing system where entries are made over time. The most recent entry is at the top of the page. Similar in style to a journal. define:keyword e.g. define:blog TIP In Google What is a blog?
8. Blog Title One entry – most recent at top Date stamped Each entry has short, concise title Can contain multimedia – images, video and audio Content – can link to other resources with hyperlinks Comments from your blog readers Readers can subscribe to your blog to get automatic updates
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10. Why use a blog? A reflective diary A place to organise your thoughts A collaborative space A mechanism for sharing experiences A means of gaining feedback Your space on the web …
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14. Intute: health & life sciences blog http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/blog/
15. Glasgow School of Art – Library Blog http://gsaartdesign.blogspot.com/
16. Is it Complicated? No! All you do is fill in a form… … no programming skills required
17. Where do you find blogs? Technorati http://www.technorati.com Google http://blogsearch.google.com
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21. Blogs – Hands on Have a look at some of the examples Search for some blogs on the topic of your choice using one of the blog search engines Setting up a blog Part 1 Part 2 http://tinyurl.com/cawablogs
24. JISC Legal Information Service http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk JISC Legal is a free information service offering high quality legal information to further and higher education relating to the use of information and communications technologies. We run training events, provide publications, and offer an enquiry service. Legal Implications – Help
25. Legal Implications “ Basically for colleges and universities the data protection and other legal issues remain the same for an institution when using blogs, wiki's, podcasts etc as for other media.” “ It is up to universities and colleges to manage the risk as they have to do with other means of communication. Therefore for example Data Protection, AUPs, Copyright Policies, Staff contracts/policies/handbooks etc all have to be updated to ensure that it is understood that these 'new' media are included.” Source: JISC Legal
26. Source: JISC Legal Legal guide from Stanford University at http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/podcasting.htm Universities Legal Briefings at http://www.pinsentmasons.com/media/484810274.htm The relevant section is the Human Resources section - piece titled 'Blog off! - tackling the risks of blogging‘ For a look at what UK universities are doing see the following guidelines for students at : Warwick University http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/its/elab/services/webtools/blogs/terms University of Sunderland http://myblogs.sunderland.ac.uk/blogs/myblogs/acceptable_use_of_blogs/ Legal Implications – Help
33. Wiki is defined as: “A type of web page designed so that its content can be edited by anyone who accesses it, using a simplified mark-up language.” Wikis – An Overview
38. Blogs vs Wikis Blog: It’s your content. No one can change it. Users can comment on your posts (content)* Wiki: Everyone can (potentially) add to or change the content *You can turn comments on or off ###!! ###!! ###!! ###!! Wiki
