1. Blogging @ OpenU
Wilfred Rubens

2. In 25 minutes
• A personal story about the benefits of
blogging
• Why and how blogging @ OpenU
• And what about Twitter?

3. My history
• End 1995: editor BVEnet
• 1999: www.wilfredrubens.com
• 2003: personal blog (what is blogging?)
• Almost everyday ('a monthly weblog')

4. Some facts
• More than 4100 posts
• More than 4280 comments
• About 400 page views per day
• About 1200 subscribers

5. Some benefits
• Personal learning environment
• Personal archive
• Networking
• Working more efficiently

6. Some benefits
• Free access to conferences (e.g. OEB)
• Advisory board & program committee conferences
• Editor 3 specials e-learning
• Presentations, workshops, keynotes (paid and not
paid)
• Consultancy & jobs (opportunities)

8. Benefits blogging
• Learning
• Networking
• Reputation
• Transparency
• Profit
• ROI after 3 years: it's an investment!

9. Why blogging @
OpenU
• Transparency and dissemination
• Reputation (personal and OU)
• Profit (new students, projects, paid
subscribers, consultancy)
• Power network: focus and filtering!

10. How blogging @
OpenU?
• It's about quality, stupid!
• Be selective
• Regular publishing (collaborate)

11. Set up blog posts
• Personal style, your opinion
• Reflect
• Connect
• Your speciality, experiences
• Stimulating title
• Lead

12. Editorial and technical
guidelines
• Dutch is preferabel
• Mark your language
• Bullets and bold
• Use of pictures
• Crossposting, not attending
• .....

13. And what about
Twitter?
• Great tool for notifications (e.g. blog posts)
• Selective use of #CELSTEC
• 'What are you doing?' can be interesting
• Great tool for asking questions and providing advice in
140 characters
• Impression of conferences (sphere and content; #oeb11)
• It can be fun! (virtual coffee machine)

14. ?
http://www.wilfredrubens.com
http://twitter.com/wrubens
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