Comments on: Blogging: a health warning! http://e4innovation.com/?p=66 E-learning innovation: research, evaluation, practice and policy Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Gráinne http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-78 Gráinne Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:49:27 +0000 http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-78 Yes good observation - we have a long way to go to try and properly assess different forms of academic discourse - the blogsphere is just the tip of the ice berg - when you look at all the alternative ways of connecting knowledge, sensemaking, visualising arguments (as Simon Buckingham Shum amongst others talk about),, then we have a big issue and it comes back again to my rather pompously worded question 'What is the nature of academic discourse'???? Yes good observation - we have a long way to go to try and properly assess different forms of academic discourse - the blogsphere is just the tip of the ice berg - when you look at all the alternative ways of connecting knowledge, sensemaking, visualising arguments (as Simon Buckingham Shum amongst others talk about),, then we have a big issue and it comes back again to my rather pompously worded question ‘What is the nature of academic discourse’????

]]> By: AJ Cann http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-75 AJ Cann Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:44:51 +0000 http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-75 @Sarah: At one level or another, I think all academics are going through the blogging debate at the moment. Here's my version, Why Blog: http://www.microbiologybytes.com/AJC/whyblog.html The truth is, until blogging, in some form, is accepted as "output" by universities, then RAE will rule the roost and academic bloggers are on thin ice. @Sarah: At one level or another, I think all academics are going through the blogging debate at the moment. Here’s my version, Why Blog:
http://www.microbiologybytes.com/AJC/whyblog.html

The truth is, until blogging, in some form, is accepted as “output” by universities, then RAE will rule the roost and academic bloggers are on thin ice.

]]> By: Gráinne http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-73 Gráinne Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:15:05 +0000 http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-73 Interestingly that you were put off blogging by your supervisor Sarah. I disagree - I think nowadays blogs are a valuable and important academic output, plus look at the increasing momentum around 'openness' - the Open Educational Resources movement, Open Source, creative commons and increasing number of academics behind movements such as ePrints (led originally I think by Southampton Uni) to make as much academic output digitally available as possible. Furthermore I think the same rules of citation, fair play and 'academic rules' apply to blogs as they do to papers. Also I may well aggregate bits from across my blog into a paper at a later date but the paper will still be unique and have its own narrative and central focus. Interestingly that you were put off blogging by your supervisor Sarah. I disagree - I think nowadays blogs are a valuable and important academic output, plus look at the increasing momentum around ‘openness’ - the Open Educational Resources movement, Open Source, creative commons and increasing number of academics behind movements such as ePrints (led originally I think by Southampton Uni) to make as much academic output digitally available as possible. Furthermore I think the same rules of citation, fair play and ‘academic rules’ apply to blogs as they do to papers. Also I may well aggregate bits from across my blog into a paper at a later date but the paper will still be unique and have its own narrative and central focus.

]]> By: Gráinne http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-72 Gráinne Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:10:11 +0000 http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-72 Yep agree a title is worth alot - it's the make or break between someone skipping to another page or staying and reading the article!! Yep agree a title is worth alot - it’s the make or break between someone skipping to another page or staying and reading the article!!

]]> By: sarah stewart http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-71 sarah stewart Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:47:42 +0000 http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-71 Thank you for this post-I am very interested in this discussion about the 'value' of academic blogging. I am still trying to get my head around why I blog and what I am trying to achieve by it. I started a PhD blog but was put off it by my supervisor. The rationale was that anything I 'published' on the net could not then be re-published in a journal. What do you think? Thank you for this post-I am very interested in this discussion about the ‘value’ of academic blogging. I am still trying to get my head around why I blog and what I am trying to achieve by it. I started a PhD blog but was put off it by my supervisor. The rationale was that anything I ‘published’ on the net could not then be re-published in a journal. What do you think?

]]> By: AJ Cann http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-69 AJ Cann Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:16:37 +0000 http://e4innovation.com/?p=66#comment-69 In the ADD world of the blogosphere, nailing the title is half the battle! ;-) I share your analysis of a blog as a mixture of repository plus reflection. In the ADD world of the blogosphere, nailing the title is half the battle! ;-)
I share your analysis of a blog as a mixture of repository plus reflection.

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