Comments on: Starting an On-Campus Blogging Service http://blog.cortland.edu/paula/2007/07/20/starting-an-on-campus-blogging-service/ Thoughts on administering information and technology in higher ed Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: danharms http://blog.cortland.edu/paula/2007/07/20/starting-an-on-campus-blogging-service/#comment-3 danharms Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:39:27 +0000 http://blog.cortland.edu/paula/2007/07/20/starting-an-on-campus-blogging-service/#comment-3 We've been having some debates as to whether we want to use the words "open blog" and "closed blog". A blog is a "web log", which implies it's out there on the web and therefore accessible. Thus, a "closed blog" might be a contradiction. I think putting blogs on the Web should be the default. Students need to know how to present themselves in a responsible manner, and keeping everything under wraps doesn't do that. Only if there were a genuine concern about confidentiality of topics would I put a blog in WebCT. We’ve been having some debates as to whether we want to use the words “open blog” and “closed blog”. A blog is a “web log”, which implies it’s out there on the web and therefore accessible. Thus, a “closed blog” might be a contradiction.

I think putting blogs on the Web should be the default. Students need to know how to present themselves in a responsible manner, and keeping everything under wraps doesn’t do that. Only if there were a genuine concern about confidentiality of topics would I put a blog in WebCT.

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