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Weblogs in Higher Education
John NiedzielskiTeaching & Learning Multimedia Specialist
Calvin Information Technology
What is a Weblog?
• Quick & easy publishing to the Web– Journals, diaries, news– Content management– Entries vs. pages
• Syndication via RSS feeds– “fauxcasting”
Issues
• Students already have them– Xanga, Myspace, Facebook, Blogger, etc.
• But who is reading them?– Friends, parents, administrators, employers
• Campus discussions
Choosing a Weblog Tool
• Official CIT project team
• Requirements
• Trade-offs
• Expression Engine(Wordpress, Drupal, Blojsom)
3 Most Important Things…
1. Content!
2. Content!!
3. Content!!!
Course Weblogs
• Interims/off-campus programs– South Africa– Honduras– Snow Mountain Ranch– Ireland, Hawaii, and more…
• English & Journalism
• Engineering
Recruiting, PR, and Outreach
• Admissions: “Reflecting my life at Calvin”
• Minds in the Making
• Calvin Institute for Christian Worship
• Pivot
• Orientation
• Service Learning
Internal Communication
• IT Connection
• CIT Summer Workshops
• Human Resources
• Career Services
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