When we talk about RSS, this means in a nutshell to get the thing immediately after its release from its source. The basic idea of restructuring information about websites goes back to as early as 1995. The first version of RSS was created by Guha at Netscape in March 1999 for use on My.Netscape.Com portal. “RSS most commonly expanded as Really Simple Syndication” (What Is RSS? RSS Explained).
“RSS is a protocol that lets users subscribe to online content using an RSS reader or aggregator which checks subscribed Web pages and automatically downloads new content Since its introduction, RSS has become almost ubiquitous, an excellent mechanism for distributing regularly updated content, RSS is a natural complement to blogs, news sites, photo-sharing applications, and podcasts” (15 Tools for Developing a Learning Network, 2010).
“RSS is using a standardized XML file format that allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs”(Blogging and RSS,2011).The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URL or by clicking a feed icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds. RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead subscribe to websites that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes available.
In many ways, RSS answers the question of how to filter and orga¬nize the vast amount of information on the Web. “Internet users tend to settle on preferred sources of information, whether news sites, blogs, wikis, or other online resources that regularly update content” (All about RSS, 2004). RSS allows users to create a list of those sources in an application that automatically retrieves updates, saving consider¬able time and effort. Increasing numbers of Web sites will offer RSS feeds, and RSS enables new ways for data to flow between applications, some social networking sites allow users to add RSS subscriptions to their pages. For instance, Facebook users can subscribe their profile page to their Flickr RSS feed. When they add a picture to Flickr account, that photo is added to Facebook page.
What are the implications for teaching and learning? “RSS provides an efficient way for students to keep in touch with faculty, stay informed about course work and other academic activities, and follow developments in their fields of study, which for many will be an important skill in their professional lives”. RSS facilitates can also take place from students to faculty or among the students in various courses within a department. “Faculty use RSS to help them efficiently use the Internet to exchange disciplinary information and increase awareness of important developments. Many faculties also use online repositories of learning objects to locate educational resourc¬es to include in their courses” (Using RSS in Education, 2011).
In the end, I can say that RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video in a standardized format. An RSS document includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. RSS benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place and can be read using an RSS aggregator, which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.
References:
What Is RSS? RSS Explained. Available from:
<http://www.whatisrss.com/>
15 Tools for Developing a Learning Network, 2010. Available from:
<http://www.suite101.com/content/15-tools-for-developing-a-learning-network-a191061>
Blogging and RSS — the ‘What's It? And ‘How To’ of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators, 2011. Available from:
<http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml>
All About RSS,2004. Available from:
<http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml>. [February 19, 2004]
Using RSS in Education, 2011.Available from:
< http://www2.kumc.edu/ir/tlt/tech/rss.html>
“RSS is a protocol that lets users subscribe to online content using an RSS reader or aggregator which checks subscribed Web pages and automatically downloads new content Since its introduction, RSS has become almost ubiquitous, an excellent mechanism for distributing regularly updated content, RSS is a natural complement to blogs, news sites, photo-sharing applications, and podcasts” (15 Tools for Developing a Learning Network, 2010).
“RSS is using a standardized XML file format that allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs”(Blogging and RSS,2011).The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URL or by clicking a feed icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds. RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead subscribe to websites that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes available.
In many ways, RSS answers the question of how to filter and orga¬nize the vast amount of information on the Web. “Internet users tend to settle on preferred sources of information, whether news sites, blogs, wikis, or other online resources that regularly update content” (All about RSS, 2004). RSS allows users to create a list of those sources in an application that automatically retrieves updates, saving consider¬able time and effort. Increasing numbers of Web sites will offer RSS feeds, and RSS enables new ways for data to flow between applications, some social networking sites allow users to add RSS subscriptions to their pages. For instance, Facebook users can subscribe their profile page to their Flickr RSS feed. When they add a picture to Flickr account, that photo is added to Facebook page.
What are the implications for teaching and learning? “RSS provides an efficient way for students to keep in touch with faculty, stay informed about course work and other academic activities, and follow developments in their fields of study, which for many will be an important skill in their professional lives”. RSS facilitates can also take place from students to faculty or among the students in various courses within a department. “Faculty use RSS to help them efficiently use the Internet to exchange disciplinary information and increase awareness of important developments. Many faculties also use online repositories of learning objects to locate educational resourc¬es to include in their courses” (Using RSS in Education, 2011).
In the end, I can say that RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video in a standardized format. An RSS document includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. RSS benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place and can be read using an RSS aggregator, which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.
References:
What Is RSS? RSS Explained. Available from:
<http://www.whatisrss.com/>
15 Tools for Developing a Learning Network, 2010. Available from:
<http://www.suite101.com/content/15-tools-for-developing-a-learning-network-a191061>
Blogging and RSS — the ‘What's It? And ‘How To’ of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators, 2011. Available from:
<http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml>
All About RSS,2004. Available from:
<http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml>. [February 19, 2004]
Using RSS in Education, 2011.Available from:
< http://www2.kumc.edu/ir/tlt/tech/rss.html>
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