Commenters on my What Are Your Thoughts on Educational Blogging? post asked if I would share the essence of my presentation from Alec Couros‘ s EC&I 831: Social Media & Open Education course — so as promised here it is!
You can watch an Elluminate recording of the session here.
Pre-presentation Preparation
One of the best aspects [...]
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Here’s What I Said On Educational blogging! What Would You Say?
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Here’s My Blogging Story! What’s Yours?
Well I’m a bit late to help John Connell with his session at BBC’s Glasgow HQ!
But I like the blogging questions and think others would be intrigued by my answers.
1. How did you get into blogging?
I’m sure lots of people that are very glad I’m blogger would be totally surprised by the [...]
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Latest Statistics Say My Blogs Are……?
Unfortunately it is very easy to misinterpret and/or mis-use any type of statistics.
People often look at the number while failing to consider how the statistic was calculated or what it truly means.
About Misinterpreting Statistics
Here’s an example:
Statistics show that 45% of the population can’t read the newspaper.
Shocking literacy rates! Or is it? How many included [...]
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Have your Blogs.mu cake – and eat it too!
People are now asking me about Blogs.mu in terms of school blogging programs so I’ve decided it’s better to clarify because most people won’t appreciate how very different Blogs.mu is from other hosted blogging solutions.
But before I do it is important to point out, to ensure full disclosure, that I work for both Edublogs and [...]
Are You Being A More Effective Blogger By Tracking Comments?
When I leave comments on other blogger’s posts I like to be notified on any new comments that are posted. Maybe it is just me? But comments by other readers and response(s) by the blogger help my learning.
Being notified of follow up comments means I can choose to continue the conversation by returning to the [...]
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Are You Getting The Most Out Of Pages On Your Blog?
How you write your posts and its content is really important! But so are the pages on your blog! Did you realise that visits to your pages can be higher than your posts?
But when was the last time you audited your pages and made improvements? Especially your ‘About Page’ since this is where new readers [...]
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Interlinking! Is it YOUR idea of fun?
Natasa describes interlinking archived posts as “a blogger’s day in hell!“ Strong words but I can’t think of ANY blogging task that horrifies me more than working through old posts to add links to new posts.
It’s incredibly time consuming! And if your main reason for linking posts is to get readers viewing more pages of [...]
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Running A First Time Reader Audit On Your Blog
Day 2 in the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project is to Do a First Time Reader Audit on your blog. This is one of the MOST important tasks of the 31 Days Project. How you see your blog and what you write about is often totally different from how viewed by others.
Take [...]
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Here you'll catch me talking about elearning, Web 2.0 and technology while helping others.
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Comments Count!
Much of the learning from blogging happens as a result of commenting and interaction between commenters. Comments that challenge views, ideas and thoughts or provide alternative solutions all expand your (and your readers) thinking.
Trouble is most readers are relucant commenters, not because of lack of time, but because they feel uncomfortable leaving comments.
So here is [...]
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