Die Diskussion ist bei Weitem nicht neu und wurde kürzlich auch von Moe im Bildungsblog mehrfach aufgenommen. (Aber auch hier und hier - um nur einige zu erwähnen) Wie sieht es mit Weblogs in "akademischem Umfeld aus?

Mark Glaser (ojr) schreibt:

Are Weblogs a passing fad or a revolutionary new form of communication and publishing? That's still an open question, but the presence of blogs in the academic environment makes it more likely that they'll survive and thrive in the long term.
Besonders interessant allerdings sind die verschiedenen Statements als Antwort auf die Frage: online Journalism Review: When did you first discover Weblogs and describe your "A-ha!" moment when you realized they might change social discourse.

Alex Halavais: The discovery happened over time -- I'm still not completely sure I know what a blog is! I had updated my own Web site periodically (generally monthly) by hand, from about 1998 on. In a course I was teaching in 1999 at the University of Washington, I realized I didn't want a threaded discussion, I wanted chronologically organized topics with a way to respond, and so I wrote a piece of blogging software that would allow for this interaction. The students -- once they got used to it -- reacted very favorably.
(Alex Halavais is an assistant professor in the School of Informatics at SUNY Buffalo, where he teaches about the social uses of collaborative media. His current research examines the social impact of blogging in public life; its use by professionals, scholars, and activists; its use in personal knowledge management; and its role in the coming age of mass interaction.)

Vollständiger Artikel von Mark Glaser bei OnlineJournalismReview: Scholars Discover Weblogs Pass Test as Mode of Communication