Beyond Email: Collaborative Technologies For the 21st Century
Exploring The Technologies
Brian Kelly
UKOLN
About This Session
In this session you will explore some of the technologies:
- Use of Instant Messaging Environments
- Using a Wiki
- Using Jybe
- Using Skype
- (Using A Blog)
- (Integrated Environments)
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Instant Messaging
Instant messaging:
- Real time communications
- 'Chat rooms' can be used for group communications
Technologies:
- MSN Messenger - popular, but a Microsoft product
- Jabber - an open IM environment:
- Try out an IM client such as GAIM (if possible)
- If not possible use Web-based interface such as
JWChat
- Let's use a virtual room called 'eunis-2005-kelly'
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Wikis
Wikis:
- Web-based collaborative authoring environment
(e.g. see Wikipedia)
Technologies:
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Jybe
Jybe:
- Extension for Firefox and IE
- Allows remote users to follow the Web pages you're viewing
- Discuss the page
- See <http://www.jybe.com/>
Let's try the tool during this workshop. I'll create a session called
'eunis-2005-kelly'
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Skype
Skype:
- Popular VoIP application
(e.g. see <http://www.skype.com/>)
- Register for (free) Skype ID if you'd like to use it
What role does it have at events:
- Let remote users listen in
- Let remote experts contribute
- Talk to technical support staff
- Attend events for free / industrial espionage!
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Blogs
Blogs:
- Online diaries with Web-based editing
- If you wish and you have your own Blog, you can use it during the session
(or register for Blogger
account)
Use:
- Due to lack of time, Blogs won't be covered in this session
- Examples of uses in conferences:
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Questions
Do you have any questions?
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