6. „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
7. What is the success story of weblogs?
Why should I use a weblog for my PhD work?
9. 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?
10. „Blogs are both individualistic and
collaborative. Blogs promote self-
expression, a place where the author can
develop highly personalized content.“
Huffaker, 2005
11. A Weblog is ...
• - a frequently updated
• - website
• - consisting of data entries
• - arranged in reverse chronological
order
13. Usability and
Mobility
http://flickr.com/photos/ben30/160708916/
14. From a technical
view ok, but ...
... why should
I blog?
http://flickr.com/photos/jankroemer/2392009819/
15. „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
16. Blogging Theory
- Individuality
- Collectivity
- Community
http://flickr.com/photos/louveciennes/2155673014/
19. 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
20. „The blogosphere represents a communication-
and cooperation network. So why should
scientific staff not use it?“
Marc Scheloske, 2008
http://flickr.com/photos/wilhei/109404349
21. SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearning.tugraz.at
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at