What is an Otter Group RSS Learning Network?
information according to the way they already do their work - sending
emails, updating databases, filing project reports. They also get new
ways to publish information that make it easy for them to reach out to
the entire network or any specific group to share their knowledge or
request assistance. Information that previously was stored
locally–in individual inboxes and hard drives–becomes visible and
searchable for those who need it. The aggregated information becomes
the basis for collaboration and innovation.
Users subscribe to the
information they need instead of repeatedly searching company
databases, news sources, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, learning management
systems, project report archives. If a data source can be searched,
then users can subscribe - setting up a persistent search that finds
information as soon as it is published. With individuals and groups
customizing sets of subscriptions and sharing them across the network,
the result is improved knowledge transfer and greater opportunity for
collaboration. Because publishing and finding information are made so
simple, employees can share what they know and be recognized for it.
They can also more easily keep up with ideas and developments across
the network–enabling the kind of connections that result in innovation.
Users can customize the way they receive the information as well - as a
dashboard, in MS Outlook, on a mobile device, or through new user
interfaces like Google Desktop.
