Live blogging; interesting concept, what choice would you make if instead of attending a 3 day convention or training? People are now taking advantage of what is referred to as "Live blogging", this is where one person will attend an event and keep other remote people informed of the proceedings through a blog. The attendingperson remains logged on to the blog consistantly and uses it to update other people who are also logged on.
This allows the remote people to take in the experience and multitask in other parts of thier job or life They are able to catch the "cribnotes version" of the event.
Outside of the positive revenue impact for companies of this trend there is the issue that people are taking the information that is being delivered, and interpreting it based on thier own experience and views of the importance. This activity runs the risk of loosing the true meaning or essence of the message getting lost in the perception of the "editor".
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Fernando,A (2007) Communication World,Sep/Oct2007, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p13-14, 2p, Retrieved on September, 17, 2007
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4 comments:
Viki
I have heard that Regis is experimenting with this technology. You can be sitting at home, or in a classroom at one location while the instructor is somewhere else. This will give students somewhat of an inclass experience online.
It is wonderful to see how far technology has come in the last 20 years. I cannot even imagine what it will look like in the next 20 years.
The sky is the limit.
Alan
Viki,
This live blogging thing sounds like an interesting method of communicating. I just wonder how effective the process would be. You stated in your summary that there were some concerns about whether or not the information was being relayed appropriately. I would have this same concern myself. It seems like this technology would be a step backwards in comparison to how a blog works today. If the message being delivered was not being shared as intended, it would defeat the purpose entirely. It seems that this possible glitch could result in a complete waste of time for all of those involved. Maybe this technology will evolve into something that is very useful some day soon. Thank you for sharing yet another piece of technology that we may all become very familiar with in the future!
I really like the idea of live blogging. My only concern is if the person listening to the presentation is blogging at the same time as receiving the message from the class/conference/speaker, then would that be perceived as rudeness as the person is technically disturbing the class?
In essence, blogging is yet another way to open up the confines of the workplace and classroom.
Hi Viki,
Just like everything else, "Live Blogging" is a concept that has both pros and cons. Flexibility, convenience, and speed of information are all things we need in order to pursue continued learning while also managing our busy day-to-day lives. On the other hand, one may be sacrificing the live class/training setting where communication techniques and skills may benefit the learner to higher degree. However, "live blogging" offers an added alternative to the traditional learning setting, which I believe be experimented. The old saying applies: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Yvonne
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