remodeling courseworks: web services explained presenters: dan beeby and jonah bossewitch see how...
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Remodeling CourseWorks: Web Services Explained
Presenters: Dan Beeby and Jonah Bossewitch
See how Really Simple Syndication (RSS), tagging, and other Web services can easily add a new dimension to course Web sites.
“Web services” = a ton of jargon
+ web servis [web ‘servis] - noun:
open-standard-based Web applications that exchange and process data. The results can be formatted for user-friendly presentation in different modes.
+ NYT XML/RSS HTML/JS
+ HUH??
“Web Services”: some variations
+ RSS (syndication, subscription)+ Tagging
+ Photo sharing+ Social bookmarking+ By whom, for whom, and why
(folksonomies - describing something in my own terms) + The whole is suddenly more than the sum
of parts
Where does my course site fit in?
• hot rod n. Slang. An automobile that has been rebuilt or modified to increase its speed and acceleration.
Balance
+ "Striking the balance between push and pull”+ Choice: How do students want to get info?
How do you want to deliver it?
Classroom Dynamics
+ how will students engage with information and each other?
+ how structured will participation be?