8. „From a sample size of around 2 million US
people, US Web stats company Compete
concludes that social networking sites are
quickly approaching the traffic level of the
big portals like Google and Yahoo“
MacManus, 2006
10. A Weblog is ...
• - a frequently updated
• - website
• - consisting of data entries
• - arranged in reverse chronological
order
11. „concept of decentralization, per-user
publication“
Karger & Quan, 2005
„user centred information/content“
Schiefner & Ebner, 2008
„a useful information-gathering tool for
practitioners“
Porter et al., 2007
„blogs from experts or researchers are of high
interest and relevance“
Heise, 2007
„keeping oneself or anyone else tracked and
checking running progress“
Luca & McLoughlin, 2005
„weblogs help bloggers to become a part of a
wide communication network “
Peschke & Lübecke, 2005
12. „The Wisdom of Crowds“
versus
„The cult of the amateur“?
14. „Blogs are both individualistic and
collaborative. Blogs promote self-
expression, a place where the author can
develop highly personalized content.“
Huffaker, 2005
20. Doctoral students
• - ... should have the ability to design,
• implement and adopt a research
• process
• - ... should understand their subject
• and have the associate skills
• - ... should contribute something new
• to the subject of their thesis
How can collected material be structured and
saved that it can be retrieved years later?
21. Blogging Theory
- Individuality
- Collectivity
- Community
http://flickr.com/photos/louveciennes/2155673014/
24. Weblogs have the potential ...
• - ... to foster self-determined learning
• - ... to foster informal learning
• - ... to support digital archives
• - ... to enlarge communities
• - ... to be part of the daily life
25. „The blogosphere represents a communication-
and cooperation network. So why should
scientific staff as well as students not use it?“
Marc Scheloske, 2008
http://flickr.com/photos/wilhei/109404349
26. How can students of use Weblogs in a
formal educational institution?
40. The Weblog as step
towards Personal
Information
Environment
http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/
41. SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearning.tugraz.at
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at