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Events & Learning

Distance Learning Administration Conference
 Jekyll Island, Georgia 
July 24-27, 2022

Meaningful Living and Learning in a Digital World
TBA 2023


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University of West Georgia
for providing this webspace

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Melanie Clay
University of West Georgia & USG eCampus

Managing Editor
Ms. Rebecca Smith
University of West Georgia & USG eCampus


Associate Editor
Ms. Julie Stone Ingle
University of West Georgia & USG eCampus


Editorial Board
Dr. Mac Adkins
SmarterServices

 

Christopher L. A. Ahlstrom
University of Maryland Global Campus

David Babb
University of North Georgia

Mr. R. Thomas Berner
Pennsylvania State University

 

Dr. Diane M. Burnette
Retired - South Carolina State University


Dr. Jason G. Caudill
King University


Mr. Matthew N. Clay
University of West Georgia

Dr. Sherry A. Clouser
University of Georgia

Lt(N) Bradly Corlett

Canadian Armed Forces

Dr. Ken Corley
Appalachian State University


Dr. Micheal Crafton
University of North Georgia

Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi
Florida Gulf Coast University

Ms. Beth Evans
Brooklyn College


Janet Gubbins
University of West Georgia

 

Dr. Cher C. Hendricks
The University of Akron


Dr. Scott L. Howell
Brigham Young University

Dr. Jason B. Huett
University of West Georgia

Dr. Thomas J. Hynes
Retired - Clayton State University

Dr. Tressa Kelly
University of West Georgia

Dr. Irene Kokkala
University of North Georgia

Dr. Sarah Kuck

Albany State University

Dr. Andrew Leavitt
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh


COL Philip A. McNair (USA, ret.)
American Public University System

Dr. Anna Obedkova
Towson University

Dr. Abbot L. Packard
University of West Georgia

 

Dr. Anthony Piña
Illinois State University

Dr. Michael Rogers
University of North Georgia

 

Dr. Beth Rene Roepnack
University of West Georgia, USG eCampus Senior


Dr. Peter J. Shapiro
Florida State College at Jacksonville

Melanie Shaw
Northcentral University


Dr. Thomas J. Tobin
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Randal H. Wilson, Ph.D., Ed.D.
Murray State University


Past OJDLA Editors

Dr. Stephen J. Anspacher
The New School

Dr. Michael Beaudoin
University of New England

Dr. Elizabeth Bennett
University of West Georgia

 

Dr. Kris Biesinger
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

 

Erik Burns
University of Wisconsin-Madison


Dr. Beverly L. Bower
University of North Texas


Dr. W. Dean Care
Brandon University


Dr. Jeanne Catanzaro
Washburn University


Yong Chen
Old Dominion University


Dr. Muhammet Demirbilek
Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

Dr. R.-L. Etienne Barnett University of Atlanta (US) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)

Dr. Catherine L. Finnegan
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia


Dr. Larry V. Flegle
American Military University

Ms. Tammy Hamm-Ronsisvalle
Synergy Plus Inc.

Rayma Harchar, Ed. D.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

 

Dr. Katy Herbold
Southern Utah University


Mrs. Laurie G. Hillstock
Virginia Tech

Dr. Cathy Hochanadel
Purdue University Global

Dr. Genell Hooper Harris
Centenary College of Louisiana

Dr. Nataliya V. Ivankova
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Dr. Sallie J. Johnson
USAF Air University, Air Command and Staff College

 

Dr. Harold J. Kearsley
Norwich University

Dr. John J. Ketterer
Jacksonville State University

Dr. James W. King
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

James Kinneer
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Kathleen A. Kraus
State University of New York at New Paltz

Olabisi Kuboni (retired)
The University of West Indies

Dr. Sally Kuhlenschmidt
Western Kentucky University

Ms. Elizabeth D. Larzelere M.S.
New York Chiropractic College

Melissa Layne
American Public University System

Dr. Dwight Laws
Brigham Young University


Ms. Nancy Lee
University of Nevada

Dr. Elke M. Leeds
Western Governors University


Dr. Lauryl A. Lefebvre

University of Phoenix

Dr. Amanda E. Major
University of Central Florida


Christopher Mathews-Smith M.A.
Emory University


Dr. George E. Marsh II
The University of Alabama

 

Dr. Barbara K. McKenzie
University of West Georgia

Dr. Jennifer McLean
Pennsylvania College of Technology

Dr. Paul F. Merrill
Brigham Young University

Dr. Marc D. Miller
Henderson State University

Dr. Nancy Griffin Mims, Ed.D.
University of West Georgia

Dr. Mary Jo Muratore
University of Missouri - Columbia

Dr. Angie Parker
Northcentral University

Dr. Shawn M. Quilter
Eastern Michigan University

Mr. Bob Reese
Reese Consulting Associates, Inc.

Dr. Ravic P. Ringlaben
University of West Georgia

Dr. M. D. Roblyer
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Mr. Timothy W. Seid
Earlham School of Religion

Angela Solic
Rush University

 

Dr. LeAnn McKinzie Thomason
Brownsville, Texas

Mitzi P. Trahan, Ph.D.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Dr. Barbara L. Watkins
University of Kansas

 

Dr. Joann Kroll Wheeler
Texas A & M University


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  1. What is a news feed?
  2. How do I subscribe to an OJDLA news feeds?
  3. What is a news reader?
  4. Should I use a news reader?
  5. What is RSS?
  6. What is syndication?

What is a news feed?

A news feed (also known as an RSS feed) is a listing of a website's content. It is updated whenever new content is published to the site. News readers "subscribe" to news feeds, which means they download lists of stories at an interval that you specify (every 30 minutes, for example), and present them to you in your news reader. A news feed might contain a list of story headlines, a list of excerpts from the stories, or a list containing each story from the website (DDEC news feeds contain Educational articles and news excerpts). All news feeds will have a link back to the website, so if you see a headline / excerpt / story you like, you can click on the link for that piece of content and will be taken to the website to read it.

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What is a news reader?

A news reader (also known as a news aggregator) allows you to view the articles, headlines and information coming from the feed you subscribed to. News readers are to news feeds what Outlook, Thunderbird and Netscape Mail are to email.

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Should I use a news reader?

The short answer: it depends.

The longer answer: if you visit a lot of websites on daily basis, or read a lot of weblogs (or "blogs"), a news reader can save you a lot of time. Sites like ABCNews.com , Salon, and the New York Times all have syndicated feeds.

Using a news reader to consume your web media means that you only need to visit a website when you read a story in your news reader that is of interest to you. You won't have to visit many sites multiple times every day to see if there are updates; your news reader will do that for you and will let you know when there is a new story to be read!

Some commonly used news readers are:

Software: Blogbridge, Feed Demon, NewsGator (an Outlook plugin), and Sharp Reader.

Web-based: Bloglines, Google and Yahoo offer web based readers.

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What is RSS?

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary".

A RSS feed (also known as a news feed) is a site's syndicated news feed that you subscribe to using your news reader.

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What is syndication?

Syndication refers to the process that occurs when a publisher provides content in a form that can be consumed by software (like a news reader).

DDEC (the publisher) publishes a story about an author, event or relevent information (the content). Your news reader (the software) sees that DDEC has published a new story, and alerts you.

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