(This is a somewhat technical brainstorm - if you have any questions or would like a translation from jargon into plain english, please feel free to email tekelsey[at]gmail[dot]com)

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RSSLearn

Purpose: develop a Drupal module to allow a library to view a menu of free learning content, and then "activate" it, so that it would then become available through their site.

• The module would need to have an admin side, and then a user side. The admin side would simply involve tapping into a database of learning content, allowing the admin to select, activate/de-activate. Then, on the user side, the learning center would provide a list of learning material (icons, short blurbs), and clicking on a blurb would bring the learning material up.
  
  
• Technically, I think it might be possible to accomplish this through RSS, to avoid download/upload issues. The admin portion would basically check the feed to see what's available (or a set of feeds, if there's a "course per feed), and then the learner side would be pulling down learning material.
  
  
• Option A: RSS via Blogger, and possibly pointing to a "master blog" with a catalog of feeds.
  
  
• Option B: An RSS feed that taps a specially prepared blog, where the blog post includes meta data about a Google Presentation, and then the actual embed code, so that on the admin side, you see a list of learning material, and when activated, the result is that a page on drupal is launched, pulls in the embed code for the Google Presentation, and the learner sees the Google presentation. (ex: look at http://aboutrgb.blogspot.com for an example of a Google Presentation - the advantage of this method is iframing, and a sort of clickable page turning style).