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VIRTUAL COLLABORATIONVIRTUAL COLLABORATIONAPPLIED PROJECTS AND TOOLSAPPLIED PROJECTS AND TOOLS
Presented by R. McHaney
Photo Taken by: smannion Source: Kim Holmberg, Finland
Virtual Collaboration: Applied Projects and Tools
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WHAT IS VIRTUAL COLLABORATION?WHAT IS VIRTUAL COLLABORATION?
Environment
For
Working
Together and
Developing
Relationships
Environment
Thin / Asynchronous
Tools
Email / Word Documents
Virtual Collaboration: Applied Projects and Tools
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SIMPLE VIRTUAL COLLABORATIONSIMPLE VIRTUAL COLLABORATION
Same Project
Only Better:
Asynch/Synch
Capabilities of
Google Docs.
Environment Medium / Some Synch with Asynchronous
Tools KSOL (Email / File Sharing / Discussion
Boards, Chat) ; Mobile Phones; Texting; online tools
Virtual Collaboration: Applied Projects and Tools
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BROADENING VIRTUAL COLLABORATIONBROADENING VIRTUAL COLLABORATION
Environment
Thick / Synchronous /
Asynch possibilities
Tools
LiveStream or Stickam
(Video Stream / Audio Chat /
Text Chat);
Virtual Collaboration: Applied Projects and Tools
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LIVE VIRTUAL COLLABORATIONLIVE VIRTUAL COLLABORATION
Collaboration Purpose:
Information Sharing
Research Projects
Presentations
Student Live Broadcasts to
Peers
Persistence: Save files after broadcast
Environment
Thick /
Asynchronous
Tools
Wiki Platform (e.g
Mediawiki, Wetpaint,
others);
Embedded artifacts
(video, audio,
articles, ppts,
images, documents,
et cetera)
Virtual Collaboration: Applied Projects and Tools
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VIRTUAL COLLABORATION W/ WIKISVIRTUAL COLLABORATION W/ WIKIS
Collaboration Purpose:
Information Sharing
Research Projects
Long Term Repositories•Persistent Value
•Provide Resources for
next class
•Encourage
connections outside the
classroom
•Keeps alumni coming
back
http://www.ELATEwiki.org
SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)
Images
[[Image:elatelogogreenth.PNG]]
SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)
Images
Videos
<videoflash>1oidDev9-WA</videoflash>
SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)
<anyweb>http://tetcos.com/software.html</anyweb>
Images
Videos
Live
Websites
SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)SPECIAL FEATURES (WIKIS)
Images
Videos
Live
Websites
Scribd
Documents
Environment
Thick / Asynchronous /
Synchronous
Tools
Web 2.0 collaboration
software. Numerous tools
are available.
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VIRTUAL COLLABORATION W/ WEB 2.0 TOOLSVIRTUAL COLLABORATION W/ WEB 2.0 TOOLS
http://voicethread.com/
Collaboration Purpose:
Information Sharing
Research Projects
Asynch Discussion
Environment
Thick / Asynchronous
Virtual Collaboration: Applied Projects and Tools
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VIRTUAL COLLABORATION W/ WEB 2.0 TOOLSVIRTUAL COLLABORATION W/ WEB 2.0 TOOLS
Environment
Thick / Synchronous / some
Asynchronous
Tools
Second Life, Active Worlds,
voice, text chat, sharing
artifacts
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VIRTUAL COLLABORATION USING IMMERSIVE WORLDS AND 3D SPACESVIRTUAL COLLABORATION USING IMMERSIVE WORLDS AND 3D SPACES
Source: Kim Holmberg, Finland http://www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/05/second.life.virtual.collaboration/index.html
http://www.lesn.appstate.edu/aetz/
http://rivercity.activeworlds.com/rivercityproject/view/rc_views_interface.htm
