Transcript Weblogs benefits for research students

Weblog benefits for research
students
Maryam Sarrafzadeh
• Research program difficulties
 Loneliness in research
 Language difficulties
 The stress of Writing a dissertation
What is a weblog/blog
A blog or weblog is a web page
containing frequently-updated entries on
a topic, usually posted in a column with
the newest entry on top.
Blog features
Easy and free creating
 Using a blogging software
 No need to have html knowledge
 As easy as creating an email account
Blog features-Cont
Interactivity
 Comment system
 2 ways relationships between the writer and the reader.
Blog features-Cont
Frequent updating
 Continuously-running publication
 Latest posts appear at the top
 Encourage readers to visit the site regularly (big
difference with website)
Blog features-Cont
Brevity
Informality
Blog features-Cont
Blog is multimedia and full of links
 Image, photo, music
 Links to other websites and other blogs
 Blogroll
Blog features-Cont
Fast publishing
 Blogs are becoming The fasting methods of
broadcasting information and ideas throughout the
web.
Benefits of blogs for research students
Reaching greater audience
 Connection with other researchers in the same topic.
 Extend connection beyond the academic community.
 Reach audiences from different fields: encouraging
cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Benefits of blogs for research students
(Cont)
 Obtaining speedy feedback on ideas
 Share ideas rather than display them
 Showing your own writing and opinion and get feedbacks from
people with different points of views broaden your thoughts
 Receiving information about other resources on the topic
Benefits of blogs for research students
(Cont)
Recording thoughts
Timely expression of thoughts
(hourly, weekly, daily)
Writing half-thoughts and naked
ideas rather than saving them for
carefully edited
Protecting ideas with publishing
them
Benefits of blogs for research students
(Cont)
 Warehousing of captured knowledge
 Storage of everything from your notes to links to
researces and your reference list
 Permanent archive
 Searchable: look up the weblog’s content with search
engine
 Safer than saving in files in your computer
Benefits of blogs for research students
(Cont)
Always access from everywhere
 Always close to your research and resources
Benefits of blogs for research students
(Cont)
Writing practice
Benefits of blogs for research students
(Cont)
 Building comprehensive links to valuable,
important and up to date information and
resources
 Filter to the internet and overcome
information overload
 Staying current with your research
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Blog tools-1
Blogging softwares allows a blogger to create a
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blog without knowing a lot of HTML or working
with complicated web templates.
Blogger
Live Journal
Moveable Type
Radio (Userland)
Schoolblogs
Finding and searching weblogs
 General directories of weblog like Blogarama
 Yahoo Directory
 Open directory
Blog tools-2
Academic Blogs:
http://crookedtimber.org/academicblogs/
Useful blogs
research blogs
http://jilltxt.net/txt/researchblogs.html
This is an annotated list of weblogs that are
used by researchers and academics as a
part of their research practice.
Conclusion
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