Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Can blogging be used in education? (05 Apr 2004) However, just because a blog structure has been set up it does not mean it will be useful. For example, the researchers at Stanford describe a blog that was designed to support archaeology students by listing up-to-the-minute findings, fostering a sense of community, and providing a forum for the development of ideas. But despite being heavily publicised, it was found that there were no contributions to the blog apart from entries made to fulfil course requirement. Yet if successful, blogs can generate genuine communities which share views and support learning, for example those created by student teachers as part of their technology module at the University of California, which give them the opportunity to record their own experiences and provide support for their peers. Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art21.htm Read 76 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: From IR to Information Interaction     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy