In fact, Winer is a software developer; as founder and CEO of UserLand Software, he created software that facilitates Weblogs. Not coincidentally, it's the wonder of Weblogs - simple personal Web sites that authors frequently update - that Winer is preaching as a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School (HLS).
Not only are Weblogs ("blogs" to those in the know) getting a buzz as the Internet's next big thing, but Winer and the Berkman Center think blogging might change pedagogical practices at the University and create community on Harvard's famously decentralized campus... [Beth Potier]
Dave Winer says in this article: "The idea of having a laboratory like Harvard University for learning about this technology is incredible."
I would rather say: "the idea of having a laboratory like the World Wide Web for learning about this technology is incredible."
To my knowledge none of the educational and pedagogical pioneers in "Blogland" can be found at Harvard... and if there are some, they are really trying hard not to connect with the folks that George Siemens recently indentified as Current Edu-bloggers. [Sebastian Fiedler]
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Right on Seb! Dave should know bettern than anyone regarding bootstrapping. Bootstrapping in regards to blogging crosses most boundaries. Getting and giving help does not stop at ones institutional doors. Quite the contrary.
