Content creation in an online learning environment

A system for creating content in an online learning environment, comprising:

• memory that stores tagged content received over a network, the tagged content received from a computing device associated with a participant from a plurality of participants in the online learning environment, wherein the tagged content is associated with a topic for discussion;
• and
• an application server that:
• creates a topic for discussion between a plurality of participants in an online learning environment, wherein the topic for discussion includes a title,
• receives tagged content over the network,
• receives descriptive information from the participant regarding the tagged content;
• publishes the tagged content into a forum of the on-line learning environment for discussion;
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• updates the forum with feedback received from one or more participants in the online learning environment in response to the tagged content, wherein the received feedback is in a structured format including quantitative collaborative input elements and is extensible to other participants participating in the online learning environment by way of an application executed at a computing device associated with the other participants, and wherein the topic for discussion, associated tagged content, descriptive information, and received feedback form a self-contained learning unit, the self-contained learning unit embeddable in a digital environment.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method creating content in an online learning environment, the method comprising:

• creating a topic for discussion between a plurality of participants, wherein the topic for discussion includes a title;
• receiving tagged content from a participant of the plurality of participants, wherein the tagged content is associated with the topic for discussion;
• receiving descriptive information regarding the tagged content;
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• publishing the tagged content into a forum for discussion;
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• updating the forum with feedback received from one or more participants in response to the tagged content, wherein the received feedback is in a structured format including quantitative collaborative input elements and is extensible to other participants participating in the online learning environment by way of an application executed at a computing device associated with the other participants, and wherein the topic for discussion, associated tagged content, descriptive information, and received feedback form a self-contained learning unit, the self-contained learning unit embeddable in a digital environment.