Change management and blogs
Quote: "I believe that both are change management problems (known as diffusion of innovations in educational domain): we have a new idea, we believe that it will improve our work and we are trying to get others joining us."
Comment: Very nice description of innovation diffusion...and strategies for addressing people at various stages of innovation acceptance. At RRC, we recently initiated Connect!, an informal knowledge management/sharing group - with blogging at the center of our strategy. Things are progressing slowly. It'd be discouraging if I wasn't absolutely convinced that the process we have initiated (blogging + RSS, face to face sessions, monthly email) will benefit both instructor and institution.