As part of the Learning 2.0 programme at Imperial College, all those taking part have been asked to setup a blog, and use this to reflect on each week’s activities.
I’ve setup RSS feeds for all the blogs setup as part of Learning 2.0 to track what people think, and when I think I can usefully respond to a post, I leave a comment.
I think that one of the key features is that they not only allow anyone to easily publish to the web, but that they encourage a dialogue to take place – it isn’t just about the author, but about the readers as well.
It seems a shame that I am one of the few people leaving comments on these blogs, as it is when people leave comments that you actually realise as an author that you have an audience who are engaging with what you write.
I’d suggest that commenting on blogs becomes part of the Learning 2.0 programme in the future.
Good point Owen – I’m trying to comment on people’s blogs when it’s relevant – but I think perhaps we tried to cram too much into the opening workshop as we didn’t really cover much on commenting on blogs. In hindsight a whole week just on blogs that cover this as well would have been a good idea – still useful feedback for next time.