Distributed Publishing Framework

by cindy underhill on Jun 10, 2008

UBC's approach to distributed publishing/content management using blogs and wikis.

UBC's approach to distributed publishing/content management using blogs and wikis.

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Flower graphic represents various elements that could come together in a single project around a common theme. Web Tools of the 2.0 variety enable sharing, collaboration, re-mixing: Flicker photostreams, You tube channels; videoblogging/ broadcasting tools like UStream, etc. RSS/JSON feeds: enable portability of content from one place/context to another. Some examples: learning/academic support: LEAP courses: ETEC?? service information: OLT site student orientation: OLO (Orientation to Learning Online) site (integrating feeds from library (personal) blog and LEAP megablog) on the horizon: elearning site: bringing wiki and blog resources together with mega-blog presentation view Orientation to Teaching Online: bring wiki resources into Vista

Scott Leslie , Educational Technologist at BCcampus Tags loosely coupled 3 years ago

- authorship
- collaboration
- presentation
- sharing
- making it work: start where you are
A Distributed Publishing Framework Brian Lamb’s introductory screencast on blip.tv
Authorship
- individual or collective
- protected or open
- version control
- security: server back up
Authorship: Examples
- individual or collective
- protected or open
- version control
- security: server back up
Collaboration
- individual contributions to collective
- collective decision making about content
- categorizing/tagging content
- central management (clean up, fix ups, spam control, etc).
Collaboration: Examples
- individual contributions to collective
- collective decision making about content
- categorizing/tagging content
- central management (clean up, fix ups, spam control, etc).
Presentation
- who needs to know about your content?
- how will users access it?
- author/update locally/share widely (varied locations).
Presentation: Examples
- who needs to know about your content?
- how will users access it?
- author/update locally/share widely (varied locations).
Sharing
- shareable formats (RSS; JSON)
- advantages
- limitations
- Creative Commons
From: alexkingorg Flickr photostream
Making it Work
- start where you are
- experiment with others
- if it works - very powerful content management approach
- features: granularity of feeds, etc.