Network+of+blogs


 * A Network of blogs**

This was the concept of the Connected Learning Community, a project we ran this year. The idea is that a number of professionals agree to maintain their own blogs and then link them together in a number of ways.

Here is an example of a simple network of student blogs: http://regalrebecca.blogspot.com/

Here is an example of how Outreach uses a network of blogs http://nswtoxcb.blogspot.com/

An example of a professional network of law professors blogs http://www.lawprofessorblogs.com/

BBC, an example of an organisation which uses blogs widely http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/

And this is how a Community of practice can connect blogs using a tool called Bloglines [|http://www.bloglines.com]


 * Advantages:**


 * No extra work if people already blog
 * Huge amount of incidental learning
 * Great way to expand networks
 * On the open web
 * Free and open to people with no IT skills
 * Don't need IT support


 * Disadvantages**


 * TAFE is likely to be blocking major blog sites
 * Not everyone likes to/has time to blog