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February 12, 2007
UNE staff and students can now broadcast their ideas to the world, using new blogging software on the university website.
"Blogs" (short for web-logs) are user-generated web sites that consist of a number of posts, usually presented in reverse chronological order. Recent estimates put the number of blogs on the web at close to 60 million. Blogs come in a variety of forms, with some focusing on a particular subject, while others are more personal. Many researchers are establishing knowledge logs, or "k-logs", as a way of sharing their research and establishing knowledge communities.
One keen blogger at UNE is Prof Klaus Rohde in the School of Biological, Biomedical and Molecular Sciences. Prof Rohde says blogs are potentially valuable research tools, particularly for cross-disciplinary research.
"It gives me the opportunity to communicate my ideas to a wider public, with the possibility of getting feedback,” he says.
Prof Rohde's blog (http://blog.une.edu.au/klausrohde/) is dedicated to discussing various aspects of science, particularly ecology and evolution, and exploring links to other fields of knowledge.
UNE's Uniting Church chaplain, meanwhile, has set up the Uniting Church Chaplaincy News blog (http://blog.une.edu.au/unitingchaplaincy/). Rev Judy Redman says: “I've been enjoying reading a blog that a friend has set up while she's studying overseas for six months and a number of other people I know use blogs for a range of things, so I thought I'd give it a go.”
“My main aim is to provide information about peace, justice and environmental sustainability from a Christian perspective, with a particular focus on activities that people can be involved with on campus.”
To set up your own blog, or read other UNE-blogs, simply visit blog.une.edu.au. The blog editing interface WordPress Mu makes starting a blog simple. All you need is a UNE username and password. If you want to know more about how to get blogging, contact university webmaker Ross Bennetts at ross.bennetts@une.edu.au.
Posted by Kate Nash at February 12, 2007 04:18 PM