Week5-Collaboration

=**Week 5: Knowledge and Collaboration**=

Collaboration lecture slides (pdf):


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Internet/networking increases // interaction // and // participation // , and also:

 􀀁 creates new opportunities to share and produce knowledge

􀀁 // many minds //working together to pool information / knowledge

> computing was a solitary activity, punctuated with activities of
 * knowledge production
 * how we produce knowledge individually and collectively
 * not just how we find knowledge but the process of information collection
 * // Solitary //

communicating with others through email, BBoards, chats Three collaborative technologies 1) Collaborative Technologies 2) Collaborative Software 3) Collaborative Infrastructures data, applications and services stored on the web (not your computer) can be accessed anywhere with web access. 1. mobility 2. interoperability 3. capacity: increases and expands computing capabilities without heavy investment in infrastructure, training or SW licensing 4. Democratizes
 * Wikis - created as an easily customizable web page tool
 * Developed as a response to how slow the process of updating a webpage is
 * Google Apps (Google Wave, Google Reader, Google Docs)
 * Not just a matter of adding words to a document
 * Collaborate, communicate, chat
 * Cloud Computing
 * Convenience, flexibility, cost, security
 * Why is cloud computing significant?**
 * access (global implications)
 * application development
 * removes 2 significant barriers to entry: infrastructure / capital cost and access to resources
 * important for entrepreneurial development

1. control / personalization 2. privacy 3. security 4. reliability
 * Disadvantages of cloud computing**

> capabilities of technology /infrastructure expanded to include social

activities

> recognize we transmit and exchange data, reports, information (sequential)

…. but also we can work in

> and with one another – i.e. collaborate

together in our computing activity

Internet/networking increases interaction and participation and also: -- creates new opportunities to share and produce knowledge -- many minds working together to pool information/knowledge (infotopia): collective intelligence and deliberation by many


 * Wikis
 * Google apps
 * Gmail, Google calendar, Google docs, YouTube
 * Cloud computing
 * Webmail, online photo storage and sharing, online applications
 * simultaneous editing through…
 * Adobe Buzzword
 * Hybrid of wiki and instant messaging
 * Supports group work and multitasking
 * Google Wave

> working together, sharing information, producing knowledge.
 * Collaborative software is another kind of relationship – not just social relationships, but