Friday, November 19, 2004

Global Learn Day and Blogging

Sunday 21st November is "Global Learn Day VII" (presumably that is "global learning day" in UK English). Worth having a look at, but particularly interesting is their blogging page...

"For more information on why we feel that blogging is "The Next Killer App", please see these articles:
RSS: The Next Killer App For Education
Weblogs at Harvard
Blogging as a Course Management Tool
Finally, for more information about blogging, we encourage you to read what Stephen Downes has to say: Content Syndication and Online Learning"

Also interesting is the following statement at the top of their page:

"Blogging is temporarily suspended until we find ways to keep the spammers out." Seems to be a growing problem. If you want interaction and feedback you have to have a comment facility (which only one person on the course has tried using!) but if you have that then the link might be picked up by the spammers

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