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 GagglBrightcookie.com Educational Technologies

Online CollaborationDiscovery• Search Engines• Alert Tools• News Feeds• Bookmarking• Surveys

Content Creation• Image, Photo• Audio• Video• Blogging• Wiki

Networking• Social Networking • Micro-blogging• Sharing• e-Portfolios

Productivity• Online Productivity Suites• Video Conferencing• Document Repositories• Learning Management

 

Skills for an Information Economy

Real-life Project Scenario

Discovery Real Simple Syndication (RSS)• http://www.google.com/reader

 Alert Tools

• http://www.google.com/alerts • http://www.socialmention.com/

 Bookmarking

• http://www.diigo.com/• http://delicious.com/  

 Pinboards

• http://pinterest.com/• http://www.scoop.it/

 Surveys

• http://www.surveymonkey.com/• http://www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/

Content Creation (AV)

Image Tools• http://www.flickr.com/• http://www.aviary.com/

Video Tools• http://vimeo.com/• http://www.youtube.com/editor  • http://www.screenr.com/

Audio Tools• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ 

 

Content Creation (AV)

Blogs• http://wordpress.com/• https://www.tumblr.com/• https://posterous.com/

 

Wiki• http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/overview• http://pbworks.com/

 

Networking

Social Networking• http://www.linkedin.com/• http://www.facebook.com/• https://plus.google.com/

Microblogging• https://twitter.com/• http://status.net/ • https://www.yammer.com/

 

Online Office Suites

• http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/• http://www.zoho.com/• http://www.teamlab.com/ 

Online Video Conferencing

Appliances• http://www.rhubcom.com/

 Free / Casual• http://www.skype.com/intl/en/home• http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

  Corporate• http://www.gotomeeting.com.au/• http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html• http://www.blackboard.com/platforms/collaborate/overview.aspx

 

File Sharing

Online Sharing• https://www.dropbox.com/• https://skydrive.live.com/• https://drive.google.com/• https://www.yousendit.com/

   Document Management Repositories• http://www.alfresco.com/• http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/ 

Auxiliary Systems

Learning Management Systems• http://moodle.org/• http://www.blackboard.com/• http://www.saba.com/

 e-Portfolio Systems• https://mahara.org/• http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/ • http://elgg.org/

 

Important Considerations

• Twitter: leogaggl• Google+: Leo Gaggl• Identi.ca: leogaggl• LinkedIn: leogaggl• Foursquare: leogaggl• Skype: leogaggl• Flickr: leogaggl• Blog: http://brightcookie.com/blog/ • Private Blog: http://www.gaggl.com/ • Email: leo [at] brightcookie.com.au

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