A posting I made about a week ago titled Weblogs going mainstream in education? inspired some debate. I criticised the article for being a bit superficial, and failing to explore in more depth the potential value of Blogs in education.
A featured article latest edition of the Educause Review provides some of the background and analysis I find more useful. Titled Educational Blogging it is written by Stephen Downes, and is a longer article, looking at the nature and history of blogging, educational applications, tools and technologies, trends, and early experiences in educational blogging.