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Micro-blogs and Micro-blogging

A ‘Micro-blog’ is an online service that enables users to communicate in a casual or formal manner. These ‘Micro-blogging’ websites are free to use and are available to anyone who has access to a computer which is connected to the internet, creating the potential for a very large and diverse group of users. Examples of micro-blogs are as follows:

http://www.jaiku.com/

http://twitter.com/

Users of Micro-blogs can ‘add’ other users of the particular micro-blog to communicate and share information with them via, private messaging, instant messaging (usually on a ‘wall’ or ‘wire’) and various photo/multimedia applications. A more detailed description of this service can be found via the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging

Micro-blogs can be accessed throughout the globe, therefore they can also be an extremely useful service to people in the learning environment, and can provide users a platform on which to share specific learning resources or notes. The following links indicate how micro-blogs can assist learners in their personal network:

http://www.carstenullrich.net/pubs/Borau09Microblogging.pdf

http://elearningweekly.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/micro-blogging-at-work/

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