Blogs Too Trendy for Higher Ed? Policy Issues!

Are blogs too trendy for higher education? How do blogs and other Web 2.0 technologies challenge traditional values of colleges and universities? How can an institution provide adequate oversight and support of blog activity, especially for the use of blogs that do not rely on institutionally controlled technology? Are the potential educational benefits of using blogs worth the trouble?

SINGLE SPECIAL ONLINE EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDUCAUSE CONFERENCE IN DALLAS 10/10/2006

Policy Issues for Blogs, Wikis, Newsfeeds & Aggregators
October 10, 2006 2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT

Writely Planning/Resource Document for this event:
http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=ah77rrpjptk2_7nw59g9

Blogs are among the best known educationally useful "Web 2.0" resources --- a loosely defined set of rapidly changing and easily accessible options for 1) controlling the content and appearance of a Web page, 2) enabling self-selected groups to exchange information in varied formats, and 3) permitting "authors" to automatically notify interested "readers" of new information in varied ways.