Published as: Fiedler, S. (2003). Personal webpublishing as a refective conversational tool for self-organized learning. In T. D. Burg, BlogTalks. (pp. 190-216). Vienna, Austria. 1 Personal Webpublishing as a reflective conversational tool for self-organized learning Sebastian Fiedler Media Pedagogy, Universität Augsburg, Germany MEd Instructional Technology (University of Georgia, USA) Dipl.-Pych. (Univ.) Abstract This paper suggests that personal Webpublishing technologies and practices can be conceptualized as a reflective conversational learning tool for self-organized learning. Beyond the examination of the theoretical basis for such a claim, initial ideas for specific learning environment designs on the basis of a “conversational framework” are presented. Introduction The rather rapid dissemination of personal Webpublishing and Weblog tools has also produced a growing number of projects that want to explore the potential of these technologies for educational applications. Just like many other technologies that have been brought into the realm of human teaching and learning, personal Webpublishing can be customized until it fits a particular educational context and its underlying philosophy. No technological feature or tool characteristic prevents an instructor from supporting an authoritarian teaching style and the core assumption that “teachers-know-best” by using personal Webpublishing systems to hand out and collect assignments, to organize compulsory content and learning activities, and to micro-manage the overall pace of students. While I don’t want to question that dynamic Webpublishing and Weblogs can be “successfully” applied in a number of different ways in educational contexts, I want to suggest in this paper that these technologies make an exceptional fit with a theoretical and philosophical perspective on human learning that departs from traditional assumptions on the nature of knowledge and learning. I strongly believe that we should try to inform our exploration of the educational potential of personal Webpublishing technologies by a careful review, evaluation, and further elaboration of our theoretical frameworks, our purposes, and our intentions for their application.