[RUME] Over Sixty Education Blogs

[Richard Hake]

Some subscribers may be interested in a recent post "Over Sixty 
Education Blogs "  [Hake (2008)].

The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: The present post lists over sixty education blogs, an 
expansion and correction of earlier posts "Thirty-two Education 
Blogs" and "Over Fifty Education Blogs."  I have also indicated a few 
general references to internet usage and blogging. But do blogs and 
blog lists contribute positively to the dissemination of useful 
information?  Responding to "Thirty-two Education Blogs," Anita 
Pincas complained that few people have time to examine 32 blogs, that 
keyword searches are not adequate for "finding just what we need," 
and that "semantic web developments may help." Problems in finding 
just what we need have recently been addressed by physicist Michael 
Nielsen, who argues that the internet offers us the first major 
opportunity to create: (a) a collective *long-term* working memory 
such as the physics preprint arXiv <http://arxiv.org/> to replace the 
antiquated journal system, and (b) a collective *short-term* working 
memory for the rapid collaborative development of ideas.  Are blogs 
and discussion lists harbingers of the latter?
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To access the complete 37 kB post please click on <http://tinyurl.com/6c8ttj>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of  Deventer, The Netherlands.
<rrhake at earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/>
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/>

REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2008. "Over Sixty Education Blogs," AERA-L post of 27 Nov 
2008 13:41:47 -0800; online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at 
<http://tinyurl.com/6c8ttj>.