Overview of online collaboration and social networking tools for the purposes of online learning, stakeholder / community engagement as well as remote work / telecommuting.
1. Online Collaboration & Social Tools
Initial presentation & workshop to explore the use of online collaboration and social
networking tools for Learning and Stakeholder engagement & capacity building
Leo Gaggl
Brightcookie.com Educational Technologies
Preparation: CREATE / LOCATE GOOGLE ID IT Infrastructure NBN
WHY is collaboration important Human Relationships Change Management Faster change of pace Continuing improvement Ongoing Learning Integrate Learning in Workflow Co-creation Information overload (Zero Inbox)
AFLF Toolbox: http://water.brightcookie.com/ http://toolboxes.flexiblelearning.net.au/ Practical outcomes Teambuilding Skype Version Control Google Overuse
RSS Reader (consumer) can subscribe Publisher (website, blog) can
Public vs. white label solutions Creation as well as discovery
Blogs: reflective writing tools social & commenting features Wikis: Collaborative writing Tech documentation Constant refinement / modifications
SOCIAL NETWORKING: Private vs. Corporate Accounts Privacy Legal issues (Advertising code) Facebook for business - need to monitor LinkedIn Groups GOOGLE+ Enterprise MICROBLOGGING 1) Broadcasting 2) Information Gathering 3) Conversation 4) Crowdsourcing Dunbar numbers Styles Ability to link tools - eg Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn - can reach multiple audiences with one post
BROWSER ONLY Personal Productivity Team Productivity Email Forward Loop Co-creation
Does not deal with dedicated AV Hardware solution HD Video Bandwidth NBN Firewalls FLASH / JAVA / WebRTC
Different comfort levels of users Synchronous vs Asynchronous Sharing vs. Control Internal vs External Information Co-creation Mobile devices Security Privacy Ownership Copyright Password Management