I like the points Darlene is raising – it made me wonder whether educators can also learn from all the many ‘unsuccessful blogs’ which die after a short period. Clearly, blogging does not appeal not all learners – at all times. My personal experience with blogging as a learning tool revealed also problems as to the politics of identity and management of such which either forces learners to maintain more than one blog or ‘mess’ with their online identity whenever assessment takes priority.