When we talk about RSS feed, we usually think in the edition and distribution of web content for advertising, publication of news, updates in websites, etc However the RSS also got a fundamental and highly valuable application in professional training and education.

This tool has an enormous and wide range use in the academic sector in general. As example, it could be very useful for a University to publish their new courses, grants, research studies, placements, conferences, events,…and loads more. Students and teachers would benefit from such tool, as it would help them to stay updated about what’s going on within the campus which is quite hard when you are studying in a big University plenty of departments, divisions, research groups and so on.

Furthermore these RSS will allow everyone to share comments, news, links to recent papers, images, etc. This information would be accessible no only from web providers, but also for users of PDA´s, iPods, mobile phones, etc.

The implication of these RSS for the educational community is extremely important, particularly because of the range of the publications which are made online for everyone. Thus the RSS technology contributes creating a bridge between available contents in the Internet and the users.  Reaching the global public, the RSS transforms the “lonely voice” of the websites into an international dialog with other people who are interested on the same academic subject.