Instructional Technology Quick Tips--Academic Blogging: Blogs or Weblogs are web pages that are organized chronologically (most recent to later) with dated entries that contain thoughts, commentaries, and links to other online resources. Weblogging software makes it possible for users to maintain blogs without knowing the programming details that create the weblog pages. Weblogs can be used for both scholarship and instruction. E.g., see the EduResources Weblog that was used, initially, to track sabbatical readings and research and now is used to report on developments related to the development of online instructional resources: EduResources.

See the Blogging Across the Curriculum site for a full discussion of instructional applications of blogging and many online references. Blogging software can be used in conjunction with Newsreaders to provide a ready-way to track multiple blogs. For a quick test of a free blogging tool, check Blogger. For more Quick Tips see theQuick Tips Archive.)