Interactive Online Journaling: A Campus-wide Implementation of Blogging Software

摘要

In this paper, we describe the process followed for a campus-wide implementation of blogging software at the University of Maryland. On our campus there are a number of Internet-based communication tools in use including linear and threaded discussion tools, consensus-building and collaboration tools, and course management systems. Of their own accord, various faculty have begun using web logging (blog) software for their classes. Each one has his/her own instance of the blog software installed on one server or another, or hosted on another site. This makes it impractical for faculty who are less “tech saavy”. To make this technology more accessible to all faculty for their instructional needs, our Office of Information Technology has decided to test a campus-wide implementation of MoveableType 2.6. A cross-unit project team set up to explore new and existing electronic resources is spearheading this pilot. For this test and full implementation, the project team must take into account the following topics: software review and selection; policy development; user implementation, technical implementation; and, user support.