building an open course/community with wordpress, syndication, and duct tape
DESCRIPTION
presented at Wordcamp Vancouver, Oct 12, 2012. "ds106 is an open course in Digital Storytelling that leverages platforms of open source tools, syndication, and social media in a way that makes it more community than course. At ds106.us is a wordpress powered hub that aggregates and recombines input from 500+ external blogs plus a user contributed assignment bank, daily creative challenges, even a radio station. Built by a team of educator tinkerers, not coders, ds106 is as a model of a community network that is not limited to just courses."TRANSCRIPT
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Building an Open Course/Community with WordPress, Syndication, and Duct Tape
WordCamp Vancouver (Oct 13, 2012)Alan Levine • cogdogblog.com • @cogdog
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https://managewp.com/why-we-love-wordpress
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cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by WorldIslandInfo.com: http://flickr.com/photos/76074333@N00/318034222/
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ds106
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aetherbunny.com/2012/10/10/magnificent-7-comment-challenge/
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A class like ds106 is more than a class, it’s a
community. To keep that community running,
though, we have to do this thing called
communication. It’s one of the things that makes
ds106 so special. And you wouldn’t be here if
you weren’t looking for something different and
creative, right?
aetherbunny.com/2012/10/10/magnificent-7-comment-challenge/
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ds106 has given this me the conviction that I, at 72,
can make videos, that tell my story beautifully,
thoughtfully, and truthfully. The community aspect
gives me the security that, no how busy I am with
other things, I can always "drop into" ds106 and
continue to learn more.
margaretherrick.com/blog/
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bavatuesdays.com/brainstorming-for-ds106-course-design/
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ds106.us
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DTLT Rockinghttp://www.noiseprofessor.org/?p=715
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bavatuesdays.com/eduglu-revisited-the-syndication-bus-2012/feedwordpress.radgeek.com
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bavatuesdays.com/eduglu-revisited-the-syndication-bus-2012/feedwordpress.radgeek.com
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www.inquisitr.com/36066/well-may-we-say-god-save-rss-because-nothing-will-save-stupid-pundits/
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FeedWord
Press
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FeedWord
Press
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wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2012/08/22/perfecting-the-syndicated-blog-sign-up/
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wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2012/08/22/perfecting-the-syndicated-blog-sign-up/
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FeedWordPress Gravity Forms
Custom Post Types WP Views
BuddyPressParallelusSalutation (theme)
Awesome Flickr
Gallery
+a bit of custom code!
Wiki Embed
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+tag “umwfa12s2”
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UMW Section 1UMW Section 2
York College
Open Online Participants
tag archive
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cogdogblog.com/2012/08/29/shortcodes-widgets-duct-tape/
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assignments.ds106.us
StuffToDo
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assignments.ds106.us/assignments/messing-with-the-macguffin/
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DesignAss
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DesignAss
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TAGS -> CATEGORIES+tag umwfa12s2
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ds106/category/DesignAssignments/feed
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ds106/category/DesignAssignments/feed
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ds106/category/DesignAssignments/feed
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DesignAss
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ds106/category/DesignAssignments/feed
StuffThatIsDone
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remix.ds106.us
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remix.ds106.us/remixassignments/return-to-the-scene-of-the-crime-remixed-in-another-language/
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blog.neverthesameriver.com/final-movie-my-ds106-adventure-spring-2012/
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Participating in ds106 eliminated
my fears—- my fears about my
abilities, my fears about the online
community, my fears about
technology, and my fears about
sharing ideas.
blog.neverthesameriver.com/final-movie-my-ds106-adventure-spring-2012/
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Between daily creates and projects
from the assignment bank, I am
constantly creating things, and I find
myself taking more creative
approaches to everything else in
my life, from approaching problems
at work to noticing the interesting
angles and textures of a room.
erstrongds106.wordpress.com
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tdc.ds106.us
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cogdogblog.com/2012/07/11/building-daily-creates/
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cogdogblog.com/2012/07/11/building-daily-creates/
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cogdogblog.com/2012/07/11/building-daily-creates/
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inspire.ds106.us
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ds106.us/wiki and ds106.us/handbook
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ds106.us/wiki and ds106.us/handbook
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ds106.us/ds106-radio/
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Colin Schulz, Spring 2012
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Colin Schulz, Spring 2012
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Colin Schulz, Spring 2012
Within the first week of doing minor fixes to the
new website, I was asked to restart the process
from scratch and fully design and develop them
a new website by myself. The skills I obtained
from participating in DS106 allowed me to
finish the website in a month, and since it's been
fully launched.
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crystalscomingback.com/wordpress/2012/09/03/how-we-do-or-why-tdcs-take-us-2-hours-or-more/
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crystalscomingback.com/wordpress/2012/09/03/how-we-do-or-why-tdcs-take-us-2-hours-or-more/
With all the negative mess out there on marriage, I figure it couldn’t hurt to show a little glimpse into the life of a happy couple. Because if finding joy in the every day isn’t art, then I don’t know what is.
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elsewhere
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101.edstartup.net
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cogdog.info • @cogdog