Difference between revisions of "Increasing Online Collaboration"
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The Internet has enabled people from nearly all corners of the earth to engage with each other in workplace and leisure settings. Online collaboration occurs when participants in geographically diverse locations engage to produce a project collectively. Online collaboration may be seen in the workplace as geographically distributed teams collaborate on projects for customers who are themselves globally distributed, and in open sourced settings where individuals contribute to open source software or collaborative knowledge repositories such as wikis and open sourced textbooks. | |||
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1. Increasing global internet connectivity | 1. Increasing global internet connectivity <br> | ||
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2. Rise of cloud-based services | 2. Rise of cloud-based services <br> | ||
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3. Rise of Social Networking | 3. Rise of Social Networking <br> | ||
Blogs and other social networking vehicles such as Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being used to solicit feedback and to build collaborative content. Social networking vehicles are increasingly also being used to facilitate interest-group meetings, both in-person and virtual. | Blogs and other social networking vehicles such as Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being used to solicit feedback and to build collaborative content. Social networking vehicles are increasingly also being used to facilitate interest-group meetings, both in-person and virtual. <br> | ||
Inhibitors: < | <h2>Inhibitors: </h2> | ||
1. Government internet controls | 1. Government internet controls <br> | ||
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2. Copyright and compensation concerns | 2. Copyright and compensation concerns <br> | ||
If individuals who have in many cases never met collaborate on works or reuse other works, how might their ideas be protected and properly attributed. How will they be compensated for their contributions? Mechanisms have developed such as Creative Commons and Open Source licensing to cope with these issues, but they will increase as online collaboration becomes more mainstream and as more companies enter the fray. | If individuals who have in many cases never met collaborate on works or reuse other works, how might their ideas be protected and properly attributed. How will they be compensated for their contributions? Mechanisms have developed such as Creative Commons and Open Source licensing to cope with these issues, but they will increase as online collaboration becomes more mainstream and as more companies enter the fray. <br> | ||
Paradigms: < | <h2>Paradigms: </h2> | ||
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Impact on Education: In a world where these two paradigms prevail, governments may need to consider enabling classrooms with internet technology to enable collaborative projects at an early age. | Impact on Education: In a world where these two paradigms prevail, governments may need to consider enabling classrooms with internet technology to enable collaborative projects at an early age. <br> | ||
Experts: < | <h2>Experts: </h2> | ||
1. Jimmy Wales: Co-founder of Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales | 1. Jimmy Wales: Co-founder of Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales <br> | ||
2. Brewster Kahle: Digital Library Archive founder, Board Member of Electronic Frontier Foundation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Kahle | 2. Brewster Kahle: Digital Library Archive founder, Board Member of Electronic Frontier Foundation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Kahle <br> | ||
3. Wayan Vota: Senior Director of Inveneo Certified ICT Program and Publisher of OLPC News. http://wayan.com/about-wayan-vota.html | 3. Wayan Vota: Senior Director of Inveneo Certified ICT Program and Publisher of OLPC News. http://wayan.com/about-wayan-vota.html | ||
Timing: < | <h2>Timing: </h2> | ||
Web Resources: < | <h2>Web Resources: </h2> | ||
1. Internet World Stats: Usage and Population Statistics: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm | 1. Internet World Stats: Usage and Population Statistics: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm <br> | ||
2. Forbes.com. Cloud Computing Is No Fad. Hilton, Steve. 12 July 2010. http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/12/cloud-computing-growth-entrepreneurs-technology-informationweeksmb.html | 2. Forbes.com. Cloud Computing Is No Fad. Hilton, Steve. 12 July 2010. http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/12/cloud-computing-growth-entrepreneurs-technology-informationweeksmb.html <br> | ||
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5. Friedman, Thomas. The World is Flat 3.0. Picador Trade Paperback. July 2007. | 5. Friedman, Thomas. The World is Flat 3.0. Picador Trade Paperback. July 2007. | ||