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Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Melanie Clay
University of West Georgia
Executive Editor
Dr. Donald Wagner
University of West Georgia
Managing Editor
Ms. Alicia Williams
University of West Georgia
Production Editor
Ms. Stacey Rowland
University of West Georgia
Editorial Board
Dr. Mac Adkins
Troy University
Dr. Michael Beaudoin
University of New England
Dr. Elizabeth Bennett
University of West Georgia
Mr. R. Thomas Berner
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Kris Biesinger
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Dr. Beverly L. Bower
Florida State University
Ms. Diane M. Burnette
University of Georgia
Dr. W. Dean Care
University of Manitoba
Mr. Matthew N. Clay
University of West Georgia
Dr. Sherry A. Clouser
University of Georgia
Mr. Ken Corley
Auburn University
Dr. Micheal Crafton
University of West Georgia
Dr. Muhammet Demirbilek
Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey
Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi
Florida Gulf Coast University
Ms. Beth Evans
College Library of the City University of New York
Dr. Catherine L. Finnegan Advanced Learning Technologies,
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Dr. Larry V. Flegle
Kaplan University
Mrs. Laurie G. Hillstock
Virginia Tech
Dr. Genell Hooper Harris
Southern Utah University
Dr. Scott L. Howell
Brigham Young University
Dr. Thomas J. Hynes
University of West Georgia
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
Dr. Sally Kuhlenschmidt
Western Kentucky University
Ms. Elizabeth D. Larzelere
New York Chiropractic College
Dr. Andrew Leavitt
University of West Georgia
Dr. Barbara K. McKenzie
University of West Georgia
Dr. Jennifer McLean
Pennsylvania College of Technology
COL Philip A. McNair (USA, ret.) American Public University System
Dr. Paul F. Merrill
Brigham Young University
Dr. Marc D. Miller
Augusta State University
Dr. Nancy Griffin Mims, Ed.D. University of West Georgia
Dr. Abbot L. Packard
University of West Georgia
Dr. Angie Parker
Northcentral University
Dr. Shawn M. Quilter
Eastern Michigan University
Dr. M. D. Roblyer
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Dr. Michael Rogers
Advanced Learning Technologies,
Board of Regents
University System of Georgia
Dr. Timothy W. Seid
Earlham School of Religion
Dr. LeAnn McKinzie Thomason Brownsville, Texas
Dr. Thomas J. Tobin
DeVry University
Dr. Joann Kroll Wheeler
The George Bush School of Government and Public Service – Texas A&M University
Past OJDLA Editors
Dr. Stephen J. Anspacher
The New School
Janet Gubbins
University of West Georgia
Ms. Tammy Hamm-Ronsisvalle
Synergy Plus Inc.
Dr. Cher C. Hendricks
University of West Georgia
Dr. Kathleen A. Kraus
State University of New York at New Paltz
Dr. Dwight Laws
Brigham Young University
Dr. George E. Marsh II
The University of Alabama
Mr. Bob Reese, Reese Consulting Associates, Inc.
Dr. Barbara L. Watkins
University of Kansas
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How do I subscribe to a news feeds?
Step one is to download a news reader. (What is a news reader?)
Point your news reader to the addresses below for each feed you want to subscribe to. You may also copy and paste the".xml" link into your newsreaders subscribe area.
DDEC - News Blog
http://ddecnews.blogspot.com/atom.xml
OJDLA - Journals And News
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/rss/newsfeed.xml
This FAQ will show you how, and will answer some of the common questions about RSS and News feeds.
- What is a news feed?
- How do I subscribe to an OJDLA news feeds?
- Where can I find a list of all DDEC feeds? - coming soon
- What is a news reader?
- Should I use a news reader?
- What is RSS?
- What is syndication?
- How do place a RSS feed into my WebCT Vista Course?
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. It is 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
Blogbridge, Sharp Reader , NewsGator (an Outlook plugin) for Windows and Feed Demon . Yahoo and Google also 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, an Event or relevent information (the content). Your news reader (the software) sees that DDEC has published a new story, and alerts you a new story has been arrived.
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