A blog (a web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the Web, that can be used to share, discuss and illustrate academic ideas and methods.
A blog (a web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the Web and consisting of posts, that are typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). A typical blog allows to post comments as well as pictures and music as well as other multimedia files.
For academia it is especially well suited to
- write down ideas that one could otherwise easily forget about
- show pre-versions of papers
- announce date/location of conferences/meetings
- discuss ideas with peers
- get input from readers
- illustrate effects of methods in greater detail
