Syndicating Learning Objects with RSS and Trackback

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Syndicating Learning Objects with RSS and
Trackback

• Alan Levine
• (Maricopa Community Colleges)
• Brian Lamb
• (University of British Columbia)
• DArcy Norman
• (University of Calgary, CAREO)

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A Scenario of Two Teachers who take an
interest in using learning objects
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Meet Lora, Geology faculty
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Lora starts to find information on learning
objects
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Nigel, a tech-savvy student, helps locate key
educational technology sites with RSS feeds.
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A desktop RSS aggregator brings many sources to
Lora
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The great oracle shines the light on RSS and
learning objects
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Meet Boris, Humanities Professor just across
campus, another faculty member interested in
using learning objects
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On the Humanities-L listserv, Boris reads about
learning objects
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Boris discovers ideas on RSS and Learning Objects
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At his desktop, Boris gets RSS feeds from
collections with content in the humanities
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Boris creates a weblog on learning objects in the
humanities
Feeds from Maricopa, HUMBUL, CAREO, MERLOT,
About.com
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Lora discovers a useful correlation tool in the
MLX.
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Lora's blog describes context for her use of this
object
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Lora downloads the object and uses it in her own
lesson
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Boris ponders how he can help students understand
correlation in research journals
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Boris discovers the same MLX object that Lora has
found