1. 1 Blogs in Higher Education Pedagogy, Practice and RSS Syndication Professor Emeritus Ray Schroeder Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning University of Illinois at Springfield Copyright Ray Schroeder 2004. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

2. 2 What are Blogs? Web + Logs = Blogs Web Pages  Automated updating  Chronological postings  May accommodate responses Internet-specific phenomenon Incomplete index of blogs  http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/ http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/

3. 3 Some Sample Blogs Online Research Blog  eCornell Research Blog eCornell Research Blog Info-Commons Blog  commons-blog commons-blog Educational Bloggers Network  EBN blog EBN blog Science Blog  Science Blog Science Blog

4. 4 Ray’s Blogs Online Learning Update Techno-News Blog Educational Technology Blog Site Meter provides extensive data  How many visited? How many visited?  What site referred them? What site referred them?  What do we know about them? What do we know about them?  What time zone? What time zone?

5. 5 Blog Pedagogy Sample online class – by blog:  Pedabloggy Pedabloggy Reflections on blogs in education:  Pedablogue Pedablogue ConstructivistConstructivist in Nature  Gathering bits of information  Constructing knowledge for blogger  RSS constructivist as well

6. 6 RSS: Aggregating Blogs Rich Site Summary  Originally Netscape News Feeds  XML Summary of Blog Entries XML Summary of Blog Entries  Multiple Reader Technologies Multiple Reader Technologies  Allows for instant updates  Examples:  http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogbox.htm http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogbox.htm  http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogboxnews.htm http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/blogboxnews.htm

7. 7 Online Aggregator News is Free and Bloglines News is Free Bloglines  Ray’s Blogs in NIF Aggregator Ray’s Blogs in NIF Aggregator  Ray’s Tech RSS Feed in NIF Ray’s Tech RSS Feed in NIF Creating your own page  Register at NIF  Create a Page  Add to Favorites  Receive email daily

8. 8 Selected Sources Introduction to Blogging  http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticl e.jhtml?articleID=18400984 http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticl e.jhtml?articleID=18400984  http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62537,0 0.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62537,0 0.html?tw=wn_tophead_1  http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Re port=113 http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Re port=113  http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_hi story.html http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_hi story.html Blogging News  http://www.blogroots.com/ http://www.blogroots.com/

9. 9 Selected Sources What is - How To RSS  http://www.downes.ca/files/RSS_Educ.htm http://www.downes.ca/files/RSS_Educ.htm  http://www.webreference.com/authoring/langu ages/xml/rss/1/ http://www.webreference.com/authoring/langu ages/xml/rss/1/  http://www.infotoday.com/online/nov02/OnTh eNet.htm http://www.infotoday.com/online/nov02/OnTh eNet.htm  ABC Looks at RSS ABC Looks at RSS  What is and How to RSS What is and How to RSS Aggregating RSS  Refining Paperless News Refining Paperless News  Yahoo Searches RSS Feeds Yahoo Searches RSS Feeds  Google Search RSS Feeds Google Search RSS Feeds

10. 10 Contact Information Ray Schroeder Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning HRB-79 One University Plaza University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield, IL 62703-5407 217-206-7531 Schroeder.ray@uis.edu