Assessment of Collaboration

Tools 

 Collaborative Learning

Not a new concept

Expands Social Aspects of Learning

Applied in Brick and Mortar Schools

Web 2.0 utilized more often

 Three Tools of Web 2.0

 

Freenet   

ooVoo  

Google Docs 

   

 Virtual Environment

CollaborationMaintains social interaction

Different social interactions 

Interaction of people at different ageslocations

socio-economic levels

Access references immediately

Work on multiple projects

Access to diverse groups of collaborators

Potentially eliminating off-task behaviors

Financially wise for businesses

Other Benefits of Web 2.0 Collaboration

Disadvantages to Web 2.0 Collaboration

 Necessary to adapt to technology

 Need willingness to change

 Training may be costly

Moving Forward...

Places of business and education are moving forward

Current and future technology will leave old ways in the dust

Must keep up with competition

FreeNet

 Information Sharing

http://www.freenet.com

 

Freenet Advantages

 • Peer to Peer and Keeps information

anonymous     • High capacity for number of collaborators

 

Freenet Disadvantages

 • Access only information previously

downloaded • Only audio conferencing •  Slow transfers • Charges for breaking service agreement  

  

  

ooVoo 

video chat and conferencing

http://www.oooVoo.com

ooVoo conversation page

Advantages of ooVoo

•  Free for most service • OoVoo is server based   •  Strengthens coworkers’

relationships--even at a distance •  Receive video calls via a web browser

without downloading and bogging down work computers

•  video chat with 1 person or you have to pay credits to add more people (up to 6)

• paid Feature: Phone calls to landlines and mobile phones to over 50 countries.

• paid Feature: Screen sharing: Users can share screens during video chats.

• video messaging: Can record videos up to 1 minute free,  up to 5 minutes if  you pay

 

Disadvantages of ooVoo...

Google Docs 

 

document sharing

http://www.docs.com

  

• FREE

• Create and Share Anywhere

• Manage Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets

• Work from any computer

• No program downloading

 Advantages of Google Docs...

• Google docs only have the most basic features needed to write and edit a document.

• Inability to work offline

• Size limitation for files that can be uploaded

• If the Google Docs servers are 'down' for any reason, you may not be able to access the files you need.

 Disadvantages of Google Docs...

Conclusion..........

 Dawning of a New Age in collaboration

Using  tools in combinations 

Future may not need separate tools

References 

http://www.freenet.comhttp://www.oovoo.comhttp://doc.google.com

 http://morguefile.com/archive/display/644928