http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace.aspxAs part of Teaching Month (which, to be honest, is "Teaching 17 Days" but that just sounded naff on flyers and banners), the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is running a group blog in which a number of academics, professional staff andenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace.aspx#1507Wed, 09 May 2007 03:59:27 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:1507Tama’s eLearning Blog » Your Thoughts on Blogs: The New University Workspace?<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://tama.edublogs.org/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace/">http://tama.edublogs.org/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace/</a></p> http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace.aspx#1527Thu, 10 May 2007 09:27:06 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:1527david.glance<p>I'll make the point here although it was actually also talked about by Sanna and Tama (I like the homoeteleuton of that!) in the comments on the arts blog - what is the optimal size of a blog post? Once the post is longer than a paragraph and it is information dense - does it significantly reduce the chances of it being fully read. Font size must also play a part as the small font size of the arts blogs seemed to compound this factor for me at least.</p> http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace.aspx#1528Thu, 10 May 2007 11:35:55 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:1528Tama<p>David, I suspect the question of how long a blog post should be is directly related to the (expected) audience of a blog. &nbsp;I would agree, for example, that some of the posts (especially my own) to the Arts Blog (&lt;a href=&quot;<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blog.arts.uwa.edu.au/teaching/2007/05/10/blogs-at-uwa-some-of-the-story-so-far/&quot;&gt;here">http://blog.arts.uwa.edu.au/teaching/2007/05/10/blogs-at-uwa-some-of-the-story-so-far/&quot;&gt;here</a>, for example&lt;/a&gt;) are substantially longer than an averge blog posts. &nbsp;However, in context, less so, since the blog is, in part &nbsp;at least, about arguing to arts academics that blogs can be useful in teaching. &nbsp;Thus, the target audience is far more likely to take a longer, well argued, post seriously. &nbsp;By contrast, except for assignments (and that's another whole conversation), I'd imagine student blog posts would rare exceed 300 words.</p> <p>Context, context, context: the three magic words.</p> http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace.aspx#1529Thu, 10 May 2007 11:36:42 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:1529Tama<p>PS Can we turn on basic HTML in the comments!!</p> http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace.aspx#23771Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:15:52 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:23771how to sell a home fast<p>quality information. People who don\'t make money with their blogs just don\'t know how to</p> http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/09/your-thoughts-on-blogs-the-new-university-workspace.aspx#23838Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:11:04 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:23838Tom Lee<p>Thanks for the blog, could we yes turn on the basic HTML in the comments? Thanks :).</p>