Moving on - Module 2

A good chance to correct my bad habits coming up here - I am sure!! I have never eally formally studied anything to do with the internet. It's about time.

Mod 3 - The see-through blog

Weblog expert and author, Rebecca Blood , has a lot of interesting stuff to say about web logs, and how they can become a more noteworthy, trustworthy written source. They are currently a fairly wild and reckless form of writing. Rebecca proposes six main points for good web logging - and I agree with them:

1. When you say something is fact - only do so if you can prove it
2. It's all about transparency. Link to information if it is available, about your subject. This allows readers to check for themselves.
   
3. If you make an error - and realise it - post your discovery - tell people you made an error. A silly good way to do it is to strike through your error. Then readers know straight away ... and the misinformation doesn't keep spreading.
4. To preserve the integrity of the record - and history - don't delete entries, just add or expand. (Am applying this now to learning log). When you publish - publish for good - makes you think more before you speak ...
5. Disclose conflicts of interest
   

Mod 3 - Building a blog

Well, my blog is my learning log - here it is !!