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Blogs, Wikis & RSS

Carol WalkereLearning Advisor

JISC Regional Support CentreScotland North & East

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Vlogs

RSS Reader

Blogs

Blogger

RSS

What’s it all about?

Syndication

Blogosphere

Wikis

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1995

Way back when…

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Web 2.0 – The next phase

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What is a blog?

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

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Anatomy of a Blog

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Blog Title

One entry – most recent at top

Date stampedEach entry has short, concise title

Can contain multimedia – images, video and audio

Content – can link to other resources with hyperlinksComments

from your blog readers

Readers can subscribe to your blog to get automatic updates

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What’s out there?

Video Blog or Vlog Photoblog Podcast* …

Personal Travel Political Education …

By Media Type

By Genre

* Doesn’t necessarily have to be a blog though

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Is it Complicated?

No!All you do is fill in a form…

…no programming skills required

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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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Where do you find blogs?

Technorati• http://www.technorati.com

Google• http://blogsearch.google.com

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Subscribing to a blog

RSS Readers – lots of options• Web-based – Bloglines, Google Reader

Analogy: subscribing to an

rss feed can be likened to

taking out a magazine

subscription

TIP

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FREQUENCY

Daily?

Weekly?

Monthly?

IDENTITY

Anonymous? First Name? Full Name? Alias?

VISIBILITY

Private?

Public?

Some Things to Consider…

1. What is the purpose?

2. Some other things…

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Blogs – Hands on

Click on the “blogs” link 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://cawa.jottit.com

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Setting up a blog

blogger.com wordpress.com

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Legal Implications – Help

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.

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Legal Implications – resources Source: JISC Legal

Legal guide from Stanford University at http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/podcasting.htm

Universities Legal Briefings athttp://www.pinsentmasons.com/media/484810274.htmThe 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 followingguidelines for students at :

Warwick Universityhttp://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/

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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.”

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Wiki pros and cons?

No programming skills required Easy to update One version of docs …

Vandalism Edit Wars Ideas can become skewed over time …

Pros

Cons

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Wiki examples

Wikipedia• http://en.wikipedia.org

Wiki selection tool• http://www.wikimatrix.org

Set up a free wiki• PB Wiki http://www.pbwiki.com

• Example http://jiscrsc.pbwiki.com password: blogs3

• Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com