Learning 2.0 seems to be a trend or a project being used by a number of institutions. While surfing the web, I found the Learning 2.0 page at the University of Minnesota. It has a lot of good posts about using Web 2.0 tools. The interface is clean and attractive, and the blogging voice is friendly and supportive (also with a touch of humor: see the post about Getting Things Done).
Another thing that reinforces this particular blog's impact is that the University of Minnesota has a site linking to all blogs throughout the institution. Just search on "library" on this page, and find a whole range of library blogs within the university! I do wish there was a better way to browse all these blogs than just alphabetically (like a subject categorization). Still, by linking these blogs into a multi-blog "collection", the university can leverage its information and make it easier for someone to find information. It's a way of centralizing the inherently de-centralized information universe of the blog.
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This is a very useful blog for anyone wanting to keep up with all the latest and best 2.0 resources. I liked the categories on the sidebar which can help readers easily find all the topics in a single subject. I think having a search option within the blog (as one has in blogger) would also be useful. Overall, I think this is a great source and does what blogs in libraries are meant to do (ie, put all the "great stuff" in one place.)
And, wow, there's a whole lotta blogging going on in UMD university-wise, huh? This really shows what an essential learning tool blogging has become.
Thanks for sharing both sites.
(And, btw, I loved the "pen and paper" post!)
Thanks! :) I was very impressed with how integrated the university's blog interface was.
This particular blog is one in the genre of "lifehacking" blogs, which I'm becoming more and more addicted to. That pen and paper program really is something else. ;)
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