Academia has embraced RSS as a means to educate, but scrutinizing how educational institutions are using RSS feeds in their daily routines show RSS is utilized can vary across different industries.1. Share ResourcesAcademics are using social bookmarking websites to share quality websites that relate to their area of expertise with colleagues and students.Examples of Shared Resources: Delicious - del.icio.us social bookmarking system, can be setup to use as shared bookmarks, RSS feeds are available CiteULike - www.citeulike.org share resources2. Class BlogsFrom elementary schools to university blogs, online journals have flourished. Instructors have used blogging as a teaching tool. Helping students learn writing and reporting skills while understanding how to use technology. Many educational bloggers use RSS as a means to syndicate blog posts.3. School Schedule Sports ScheduleRSS feeds can be used to communicate events scheduled on or off campus to prospective and existing students. Subscribes of a schools calendar feed receive notification as new items are added to the calendar.4. Podcast LecturesPodcasts can be used as study guides or even as class preview for students contemplating their course selections or choice of professors.5. Monitor ResearchStudents involved in cutting edge research projects can use RSS to monitor news and search engines […]

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