James Farmer’s two blog posts about how to and how not to use blogs in education summarize this paper. His thesis is that

"in order to effectively utilize blogs in an educational context, their inherent communication dynamics must be examined and pedagogical and environmental strategies and constructs used which reflect and utilize them effectively."

Read the rest of the ideas posted by Doug here. It is important to catch-up with the dialogue around blogs – just saves time in the thinking and application of this particular technology. Our own local experiences with blogs for teaching and learning can build on found knowledge.