GDLN: Online collaboration tools to support learning networks

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GDLN Online collaboration tools to support
learning networks

• Dave Witzel
• Forum One Communication
• October 10, 2006

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Agenda

• Background
• Ideas
• Approaches

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Agenda

• Background
• Ideas
• Approaches

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Online Collaboration, Online Impact

• Working together
• Online
• To create value.

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Open Source Software Big Business
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Open Source Software Apache Web Server

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Wikipedia
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Wikipedia Articles
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Wikipedia Contributors
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Wikipedia traffic Bigger than the NY Times
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Agenda

• Background
• Ideas
• Approaches

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Blogs Context and comment
Highlight experts
Own topics
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Blogs Internal knowledge network sites
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Wikis Knowledge sharing, memory
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Katrina Wikipedia
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Workspaces The Virtual Office
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Newspapers Community Journalism
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Questions Answers
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Interviews Give users access to experts
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Network Sites share content and track footprints
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Communities of Practice Gather professionals to
focus on key topics
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Social Bookmarking
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Sharing Stories and Support
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Shared Diary Vietnam Views
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Data USGS Citizen Earthquake Reporting

• Virginia Quake
• 4.5 on the Richter scale
• 14,444 reports filed
• 1,114 zip codes

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Click Work Mars Crater Mapping
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Books on Tape online
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Katrina Google Maps User Overlays
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Agenda

• Background
• Ideas
• Approaches

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Tags How ideas flow
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Metaphors Whats being produced?

• Software (including games)
• Encyclopedias
• Videos
• Music
• Data
• Newspapers
• Elevator speeches
• Dictionaries
• An office

• Diaries
• To do lists
• Art
• Manual labor
• Photo albums
• Predictions
• Textbooks
• Proclamations
• Ideas

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Thanks!

• Dave Witzel
• dave_at_forumone.com
• 571.641.3029
• www.ForumOne.com