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Tools for Collaboration Dr. Gabriela Avram Introduction to Digital Media 17 Introduction p How does technology support collaboration? p Generic vs. specialised collaboration tools p The importance of infrastructures p Different

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Tools for Collaboration

Dr. Gabriela Avram

Introduction to Digital Media ’17

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Introduction

p How does technology support collaboration? p Generic vs. specialised collaboration tools p The importance of infrastructures p Different facets of collaboration p Challenges and opportunities

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Collaboration tools

p Content management p Databases p Knowledge bases p Project Management p Accounting, Payroll, Procurement, Sales p Financial systems p Electoral system

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Examples of collaboration tools

For sharing content:

pGoogle Docs, Dropbox, Sharepoint, blogs,

wikis For communication:

pEmail pVOIP (Skype, Whatsup, FB Messenger) pVideoconferencing: Zoom, AppearIn pSlack pTwitter, Mastodon

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Slack

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Zoom

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More examples

Project Management:

pTrello pMicrosoft Project pOpen Project pTodoIst

Code Repositories:

pGitHub pSourceForge pBitbucket

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Trello

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GitHub

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Specialised Collaboration Tools

p Collaborative drawing (sketching)

( see http://www.webdistortion.com/2011/01/22/best-online-collaborative- drawing-tools/ for more)

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Specialised Collaboration Tools

p Collaborative

sound recording

( see https://ask.audio/ articles/remote-music- collaboration-software- roundup for more)

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What collaboration tools are you using?

p Anything that wasn’t mentioned? p Tools specific for one particular industry? p Any collaboration tools for entertainment? p What tools are you missing? What

functionalities would you add to existing tools?

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The Virtual Choir

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Eric Whitacre - Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 2.0, 'Sleep’- https://youtu.be/6WhWDCw3Mng

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More at https://ericwhitacre.com/the-virtual-choir/about

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Massive Online Gaming

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Online Games Championships

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The importance of infrastructures

p Roads, bridges, railways, water, sewers p Airports, train stations p Electricity grids p Telecommunications (including Internet

connectivity)

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Internet users in 2015 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunications Union. https://www.go-globe.com/blog/global-mobile- internet-traffic/

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A drone flew blood across the Arizona desert in a record-setting trip (Sept 2017)

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Internet for Africa

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/21/facebook-solar- powered-internet-plane-test-flight-aquila

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Better Internet solutions for South America

https://x.company/loon/

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Facets of collaboration

p Virtual teams, remote work p Digital nomads p Co-working p Working from home p Work hubs p Telemedicine p Cultures of multinational companies

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Try to remember..

p One time when online collaboration was

seamless and it felt like you were in the same room, and

p One time when online communication/

collaboration was an awful experience.

p Can you tell us your story?

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Online Collaboration

Opportunities

p Working from anywhere

in the world

p Recruiting the best

collaborators

p Learning from the best

Challenges

p Infrastructure p Time zone differences p Lack of trust p Lack of rapport p Cultural differences

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Conclusions

p Online collaboration tools are becoming

indispensable for work, travel, education, healthcare

p Seamless collaboration is made possible by:

❖ reliable infrastructures ❖ a shared language ❖ shared norms