Check out these recent articles on RSS in Higher Education from the recent HigherEd BlogCon.

Using RSS to increase user awareness of e-resources in academic libraries (Jay Bhatt, Drexel University)

Building a Wall of Books (Edward Vielmetti, University of Michigan School of Information)

Student To-Do List RSS Feed: Combining Audience and Task Navigation (Matthew Winkel, The College of New Jersey)

If you’re considering working with students in Second Life, a so-called massively multiplayer online world (MMOW), check out the opportunities and guidelines–particularly if you’re planning to work with teens. All but authorized adults are prohibited from entering Teen Second Life, however educators are permitted in, pending a background check, but are then confined to their own islands where teen residents may visit.

Campus: Second Life is a special program granting educators free land for the duration of a class.

And there are wiki pages for those interested in using Second Life for teaching.

The Berkman Center recently staged part of the Beyond Broadcast conference on an island in Second Life. I’m considering hosting or simulcasting some of HigherEd BlogCon in Second Life next year.

Below is my avatar, a very bald Stuart Stanwell, in front of Berkman Center. Looks like Jeremiah Owyang has been playing around too, mashing up SL and other new media.

Via EducationPR comes this lengthy interview on youth, MySpace, and other social media with Henry Jenkins and danah boyd.

Bob Robertson-Boyd, who’s been part of our “Conversations” Skypecast since the beginning a few weeks ago, is hosting a Skypecast of his own from the NetSquared conference on Wednesday. The NetSquared Conference explores new media and social change.

Our latest graduate school search, launched earlier today, supports del.icio.us tagging at the result list level. For example, students can easily share a list of graduate program disciplines offered at schools in Los Angeles or a list of molecular biology programs in LA, or for that matter, a master list of disciplines where searchers can find programs in biological and biomedical sciences.

Last week we had a lively Skypecast where we talked about how new media can benefit non-profits, and why non-profits, including institutions of Higher Education, would want to consider new media in the first place. (Mp3 will be posted soon.)

Join us this Friday, same time–1 pm ET (USA), GMT 18:00.

For those of you trying to log into today’s Skypecast, try this link instead:

https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=7374

We had problems with the original call-in number.

I thought this was coming. Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz are going live via Skypecast on June 1, so that listeners can join in the conversation. I wonder if they’re planning to run their shows this way on a regular basis, or whether this is a one-time opportunity.

Bob Robertson-Boyd is moderating today’s Skypecast (Thanks, Bob!). There’s an open invite for those in academia interested in trying out Skype and Skypecasts.

Update: I’ll be recording today’s call and posting it here afterwards.

My colleagues at Thomson Nelson in Australia have launched a video podcast making supplemental German language study videos available in iPod-friendly form.