| Academia has embraced RSS as a means to | | | | Universities in particular actively participate in |
| educate, but scrutinizing how educational | | | | collaborative projects and research. New tools |
| institutions are using RSS feeds in their daily | | | | have never made collaboration easier. RSS can be |
| routines show RSS is utilized can vary across | | | | used in conjunction with many of the online |
| different industries. | | | | collaboration tools to notify other contributors of |
| 1. Share Resources | | | | changes. |
| Academics are using social bookmarking websites | | | | 9. Search Feeds |
| to share quality websites that relate to their area | | | | Students writing papers or working on research |
| of expertise with colleagues and students. | | | | papers on specific topics can create search feeds, |
| Examples of Shared Resources: Delicious - social | | | | so that each time that topic is mentioned they |
| bookmarking system, can be setup to use as | | | | receive notification in their custom search feed. |
| shared bookmarks, RSS feeds are available | | | | 10. Study Guides |
| CiteULike - share resources | | | | Many websites that are focussed on studying. |
| 2. Class Blogs | | | | Have created RSS feeds that contain daily |
| From elementary schools to university blogs, | | | | questions. There are feeds for "word of the day" |
| online journals have flourished. Instructors have | | | | or "problem of the day". Students can subscribe |
| used blogging as a teaching tool. Helping students | | | | to the feed and integrate long term studying into |
| learn writing and reporting skills while understanding | | | | their daily routines. |
| how to use technology. Many educational bloggers | | | | 11. Medical Education |
| use RSS as a means to syndicate blog posts. | | | | A study recently showed medial students who |
| 3. School Schedule Sports Schedule | | | | listened to heart murmurs on an ipod, were more |
| RSS feeds can be used to communicate events | | | | likely to accurately diagnose heart murmurs |
| scheduled on or off campus to prospective and | | | | accurately in patients. Some medical schools have |
| existing students. Subscribes of a schools calendar | | | | begun adopting podcasts as a means to educate. |
| feed receive notification as new items are added | | | | 12. Scholarships |
| to the calendar. | | | | Students can monitor high school and college |
| 4. Podcast Lectures | | | | scholarship opportunities using RSS feeds. |
| Podcasts can be used as study guides or even as | | | | 13. Grants |
| class preview for students contemplating their | | | | Academic researchers can monitor funding and |
| course selections or choice of professors. | | | | grant opportunities using RSS feeds. |
| 5. Monitor Research | | | | 14. School News |
| Students involved in cutting edge research | | | | Schools big or small can use RSS to communicate |
| projects can use RSS to monitor news and | | | | school news with their population, announcing staff |
| search engines for specific keywords (like | | | | changes, new courses or any other news that is |
| nanotechnology or coldfusion) by creating search | | | | relevant and of interest to the student population. |
| feeds. Any time a mention of the keyword | | | | 15. Student Financial Aid News |
| phrase occurs in a news piece the item will appear | | | | Students and parents can listen to podcasts that |
| in the search feed. | | | | assist with financial aid, student loans and financial |
| 6. Professional Development | | | | podcasts that tackle difficult topics like how to |
| RSS can be used for remote education. Teachers | | | | make college more affordable. |
| can lose less class time while still staying current | | | | Locate Educational Feeds and Podcasts - |
| on the latest techniques, trends and information in | | | | RSS is well suited for the world of academia and |
| their field of expertise. | | | | educators have embraced it as a medium. |
| 7. Job Searches | | | | Technology and communication for years have |
| Professors and teachers can create job search | | | | helped advance the educational field for years. |
| feeds. The RSS feed will update each time a | | | | RSS feeds and Podcasting is a natural fit for |
| position that meets their criteria becomes | | | | academics, and its obvious when we look at how |
| available. | | | | teachers, students and professors are using it to |
| 8. Collaboration (writely/wiki) | | | | further education. |