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Outlaw, Veronica Blog Part 1

Page history last edited by Veronica Outlaw 13 years, 1 month ago

 

My Blog - http://www.voutlaw.ua.edu/ (new as of March 23, 2011) 

 

PART 1 - Find three blogs in your current job and/or anticipated career field. (Two ways to search blog, if you haven't done so before is to use: Google Blog Search and Technorati).  You can search for Blogs or Posts about a particular topic.

 

On the class wiki:

 

  • list the name and URL of the blogs
  • describe "how" each of these blogs are being used and what makes these blogs "successful" or "work"
  • indicate if the blog was a moderated blog or not

 

 

Blog Name  Blog URL How Is It Being Used? What Makes It Successful? Moderated? Yes or No. 
Instructional Design & Development Blog  http://www.iddblog.org
  • This blog seems to be a internal professional service for the Instructional Design & Development team at DePaul University.  
  • It is published using WordPress.
  • The topics are very useful and up-to-date.
  • The layout is clean and easy to follow. 
  • This blog is managed successfully in my opinion because it has posts and comments from experts in the area and it was all very robust postings.
  • Archives dated back to 2007 .
 Yes 
IDEAS: Instructional Design for eLearning Approaches  http://ideas.blogs.com/  
  • This blog is an open source of reflections and insights on eLearning strategies and instructional technology designed by the author. 
  • It is published using Creative Commons.
  • Most of the postings are several years old but are very relevant to date. 
  • The layout is a little chunky for me, but still easy and clear to follow.  Archives are not available.  The site is only categorized by topics. 
  • This blog is managed successfully in my opinion because it has posts and comments from experts in the area and many topics are organized as lessons...very robust postings. 
  • There is access to subscribe to the blog's feeds. 
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Making Change: Ideas for Lively eLearning http://blog.cathy-moore.com/  
  • The blog's purpose is the provide practical ideas that will assist in creating powerful learning for adults.
  • This blog was created using WordPress. 
  • Postings are categorized by topics, not archived by date.
  • In my opinion, the blog is successful because  it is a very interactive and engaging blog. The author offers workshops, and subscription to articles/comments feeds via email.  She can be followed on Twitter.
 
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