An investigation into the blogging practices of academics and researchers

摘要: This research project investigated the experiences of academics and researchers using blogs to support their practice. The three questions were: identify academics' researchers' motivations for beginning maintaining a blog, contribution blogging learning in profession, challenges experienced. The were several methods. Five datasets collected from 26 participants. A questionnaire was first administered collect background information about bloggers, analysed quantitatively. Then, an initial unstructured interview one open-ended question conducted by email. descriptive phenomenology. follow-on semi-structured applying thematic analysis. Blog content parallel: textual extracts discourse analysis visual thematic/saliency Results revealed varied reasons blog. For example, blog can be used as repository 'half-baked' ideas. Blogging contributed profession multiple ways. Academic quickly reach wider audience compared other forms academic publishing. Among challenges, there concerns over managing confidential public, intellectual property issues. Regarding methodological research, suggestions on strategies mixing matching different methods data collection have been provided. An empirically-grounded framework use academia has derived based findings scholarship models literature. describes how characteristics digital such openness sharing, are manifested through blogging. guide who interested taking up scholarly Finally, guidelines derived. evaluated four practitioners. Future work includes recruiting more practitioners evaluate guidelines.