RSS for Instructors and Students

The acronym RSS stands for different versions of the same thing. "RSS" is a technique where users get live web feeds sent directly to a tablet or a phone.
Some versions of RSS are:

• Rich Site Summary ( RSS 0.91 )
• RDF Site Summary ( RSS 0.91 and 1.0 )
• Real-Time Simple Syndication ( RSS 2.0 )

Professional Interests for Instructors and Students can be served using RSS. If you are interested in Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, Counseling or Technology you can have hundreds of conversations and topic updates sent to your wireless access screen. There are hundreds of professional and personal interests that are covered by RSS feeds. Using RSS is another way to accomplish Learning On Demand.

Instructors Are Hearing About JSON

To create instructional materials for classes instructors are hearing more about calling up and using resources from remote servers.

The language Javascript Object Notation ( JSON ) is a light weight alternative to XML used for sharing information between two different operating systems. JSON is used by a growing number of popular services. JSON is a text format that makes it easy to exchange data between devices. JSON owes it's origin and is based on the way javascript objects are written. JSON is related to javascript but it is not exactly the same as javascript

While JSON originated with the javascript programming language it is available in a wide variety of languages. See http://json.org/ for a list of languages that use JSON.

JSON is popular and is used by Twitter to output their stream. JSON is the best format to use when working with data-interchange in javascript.

Simple Dynamic Website for Instructors

Today instructors need to target student phones and tablets when class content is published online. Some instructors will have access to software that is responsive to screen size on student phones or tablets. If you are an instructor needing an idea about making your content reach student phones try a widget from http://jqueryui.com/. The Accordion Widget and the Tab Widget are worth trying. These widgets can be used to create an Instructor website or class module that opens as a single page and can be tapped to switch between topics or parts of the page. Not exactly a Single Page Application as in jQuery Mobile but close - these widgets will render to phones and do not require navigation that requires page reloads. The content is fast and easy to consume. It works where students are spending their time so there is some validation of the content for students. The free source code is available and can be updated using a variety of HTML editors. Next time I will provide specific examples of using widgets to publish instructional materials.