An Empirically Grounded Framework to Guide Blogging for Digital Scholarship

Autor/inn/en	Heap, Tania; Minocha, Shailey
Titel	An Empirically Grounded Framework to Guide Blogging for Digital Scholarship
Quelle	In: Research in Learning Technology, 20 (2012), S.176-188 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-7069
DOI	10.3402/rlt.v20i0.19195
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Professional Development; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Semi Structured Interviews; Researchers; Questionnaires; Individual Development; Motivation; Audiences; Access to Information; Scholarship; Social Networks; Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Colleges; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Researcher; Forscher; Fragebogen; Individuelle Entwicklung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Spectator; Zuschauer; Scholarships; Stipendium; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Großbritannien
Abstract	This research project investigated how openness and sharing of knowledge are manifested through scholarly blogging. We aimed to identify the academics' and researchers' motivations for starting a blog; the contribution of blogging to their personal and professional development; and any challenges. Twenty-six participants were recruited. A pre-interview questionnaire was first emailed to the participants to collect background information. An initial unstructured interview was conducted by email, followed by a synchronous semi-structured interview. Textual and visual extracts of blog content were also collected. The datasets were analysed using different techniques. The findings revealed varied reasons for blogging. Some academics/researchers began a blog for its accessibility to self and others. Blogging aided the academics' and researchers' personal and professional development in several ways. Bloggers can quickly reach a wider audience compared to other forms of academic publishing. Among the challenges, there were concerns over validity of online content. Based on previous scholarship models and on our findings, we have derived an empirically grounded framework of blog use in academia and research. The framework describes how characteristics of digital scholarship such as openness and sharing are manifested through blogging. The framework can be used to guide academics and researchers who are interested in taking up blogging as a scholarly practice. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) [This paper was published in the ALT-C 2012 Conference Proceedings.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10