Many educators have given serious thought to the role of blogs in education - here are a few examples, pedagogical and otherwise:
- More Than Personal: the Impact of Weblogs (Stephen Downes / After 5: the e-learning newsletter for New Brunswick: May 2003)- focus on blogs as a platform for student writing and communication; foreshadows applications in learning content distribution; extensive appended References and Resources.
- Content Delivery in the 'Blogosphere' (Richard Ferdig and Kaye Trammell / T.H.E Journal: February 2004) - a pedagogical approach: reasons for including blogs in the teaching toolkit; Four Benefits of Student Blogging; classroom strategies. Ends with a section on Getting Started With Blogs and Blogging.
- Educational Applications of Weblogs (Reece Lamshed, Laurie Armstrong and Marsha Berry / TAFE Frontiers Research Project Report: January 30, 2002) - a relatively early Australian project; technical problems loom large in the Issues Arising ... section.
- Introducing Disruptive Technologies for Learning: Personal Webpublishing and Weblogs (Sebastian Fiedler - precursor document for a paper to be presented at the Symposium on personal Webpublishing and Weblogs at EdMedia 2004 ) - 'we intend to present empirical data on integrating personal Webpublishing into formal learning settings...'
- One Path to the Blog (Ray Schroeder / Elearn Magazine) - using blogs to track and share technological developments with the Higher Education community.
- Web Logs and Increasing the Learning Zone (PPS Instructional Technology Weblog: November 12, 2003) - '...the opportunity to create a learning zone that unifies thinking and problem solving, adult guidance (teacher/guest experts), and peer collaboration...'
- Educational Technology Update: Weblogs (TLtC, University of California: January 2004) - emphasis on implementation in journalism courses.
- Blogging in the Curriculum (Will Richardson / Weblogg-ed Vol.2: January 6, 2004) - advantages of hypertext links to sources; developmment of critical reading and media literacy skills.
- Weblogs in Education: Bringing the World to the Liberal Arts Classroom (Sarah Lohnes / NITLE News: Winter 2003) - implementation as Course Management Systems, student portfolios, collaborative tools.
- Weblogs and Discourse: Weblogs As a Transformational Technology for Higher Education and Academic Research (Oliver Wrede / Blogtalk Conference, 2003) - how can Weblogs improve discourse and support teaching? institutional benefits of Weblogs for universities.
- The Potential of Personal Publishing in Education I: What's Doing and Who's Doing It? (James Farmer / XPLANA; Incorporated Subversion: September 25, 2003) - Personal Publishing works in many different ways.
- The Potential of Personal Publishing in Education II: How's It Going and What's Working? (James Farmer / XPLANA; Incorporated Subversion: October 07, 2003).
