Papers on Blogging in Higher Ed

Stolen straight from "WCET Article Digests 7/21-8/11" in forum "Article Digest Lists from WCET":
The topic can be found here:
http://www.wcet.info/community/index.php?act=ST&f=8&t=1174.


Papers on Blogging in Higher Ed
The mission of the HigherEd BlogCon 2006 online conference was to "engage the Higher Education community in a conversation on the use of blogs, wikis, RSS, audio and video podcasts, social networks, and other digital tools in a range of areas in academe." During April 2006, BlogCon participants posted "articles, screencasts, videos, and mp3's on new media in academia." Presentations from this conference include:

"How the Integrated Use of Blogs and Blackboard Can Improve a University Public Relations Class: A Case Study"
by Ric Jensen, Northwestern State University, and an Infobits subscriber http://www.higheredblogcon.com/teaching/jensen/Jensen-March-06.html

"Nomadic Desktops: What? How? Why?"
by Owen James
International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/nomadic-desktops-what-how-why/

"Teaching Information Literacy: Who's Teaching the Teachers?" by Ewan McIntosh University of Stirling, Scotland
http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/teaching-information-literacy-whos-teaching-the-teachers/

"Giving the Students What They Want: Short, To-the-Point E-Lectures" by Mark E. Ott Jackson Community College
http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/giving-the-students-what-they-want-short-to-the-point-e-lectures/
Source: HigherEd BlogCon
Date: 6-01-06
Link: http://www.higheredblogcon.com/
Digested by: TL Infobits on 8-10-06