A roundup of some interesting links on what blogs do, may do, and probably don't do.
From the Incidental Economist: Another set of links
TC's post on reputation
A science perspective (and credit for the poster above)
The impact of blogs on literature. (Really? A book? I had not seen this.)
The impact of blogging on the practice of law (pretty old, but thoughtful and quite interesting)
Blogging and public relations
An academic-ish article from the good people at Monkey Cage
Blogging as a way of increasing "assignment engagement" for students
I teach in SNHU's online MBA program. (Also taught more than 20 years in their classrooms)
ReplyDeleteOne of the courses I teach is Strategic Management. We use a blog, as part of Blackboard suite throughout the course.
A key assignment of the course is to develop a business analysis and strategic recommendations for real companies.
Each student sets up a blog in Blackboard. Each week there is an assignment related to the overall analysis.
First week they have to pick a company and give their reasons why.
2nd week company background
3rd SWOT analysis
and so on.
This serves 3 purposes. First it prevents them from doing the entire paper the last week of class (As I used to do when I was a student)
2nd it helps me as a teacher make sure they are on track, not going off on tangents and it allows me to direct them a bit.
Third, if done correctly, for the final paper all they need do is take their blog posts and beat them into shape for a single paper.
I love it as an instructor and students seem to like it pretty well.
John Henry