The following is the outline for a PowerPoint presentation on Blogging as an e-Learning tool.

Blogging as an e-Learning Tool.
Michael J. Thomas
EDU 648
Professor Jamsa, Ph.D, MBA
June 8, 2009

What is a Blog?
nA Web Log – (We...) ...b+Log Blog
nBasically a personal Journal kept on the internet and shared with others.

Terms
nBlog – Web Log
nBlogger – One who writes the blog.
nBlogging – the act of writing and maintaining a blog.

Why Blog?
nThere are three types of bloggers
–Those that do if for fun
–Those who do it for money
–Those who do it to market themselves
nhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/10/blogging-tips/

Getting Started
nMany free blogging sites
–e-Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start
–LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/
–Blogetery http://blogetery.com/
... and many more!

E-Blogger Home Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/start
My Blog – Today’s Bloggie http://todaysbloggie.blogspot.com/
Blogging as a e-Learning Tool
nWhat is e-Learning?
–e-Learning is “...training delivered on a computer (including CD-ROM, Internet, or Intranet) that is designed to support individual learning...”
(Clark and Mayer, 2009, p. 7)

Blogging as a e-Learning Tool
nFormal and Informal Content
–FORMAL
nExample:
Used by teachers supplementing lessons and lectures backed up by citations and references.

Blogging as a e-Learning Tool
nFormal and Informal Content
–INFORMAL
nExample: How to’s
–How to cook recipes
–How to build things
–How to draw
–How to...etc

Blogging as a e-Learning Tool
nKeep in mind that blogs are...
–“A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.”
AND
–“A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people.”
–http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/blog/

Blogging as a e-Learning Tool
Therefore...
...blogs are often filled with...
Conjecture
And
Speculation
Even so...
...blogs can be a fun and entertaining source of informal learning.

References
nBlogging as a e-Learning tool - http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/blog/
nClark, R. C. & Mayer, R. E. (2009). E-learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and designer of multimedia learning. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
nWhy Blog - http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/10/blogging-tips/
nE-Blogger - https://www.blogger.com/start
nMy blog - http://todaysbloggie.blogspot.com/