Moblogging as Face-Work: Sharing a “Community-Moblog” Among Project Members

Over the past few years, our learning environment is changing due to the advent of new information and communication technologies. One of the most important and interesting issues is to explore the ways in which we select and/or combine different modes of communication, such as face-to-face communication (FTF) and computer-mediated-communication (CMC). Concurrently, when we consider that our learning process is situated, it becomes of interest to understand the characteristics of informal channels of communication within a context of learning. The present paper reports on our attempt to share a “community-moblog” among project members. It points to the issues of emerging rules and conventions among project members, and of individuals’ attempts to manage their sense of personhood within the social relationships. This paper suggests that moblogging can be understood as a form of talk through which one can present images of self to others.