Post on 01-Nov-2014
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Using Online Collaborative Tools
EffectivelyNeal R. Axton
Reference Librarian
Warren E. Burger Library
Classic Project Management Stages
Project InitiationPlanningExecutionProject Completion Transition to Operation
Postmodern Project Management
Enthusiasm Disappointment Fear Panic Search for the Guilty Punishment of the Innocent Awards for those not involved in the project
Online Project Stages Find Resources Evaluate and Organize Resources Develop a Narrative around
Resources Create a Useful Tool for Others using
Narrative and Resources
Collaborative ToolsResource Creation vs.
DiscoveryDeductive vs. Inductive
BookmarkingSocial BookmarkingWeb Graffiti
Social Bookmarking Defined Educause Learning Initiative:
“Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and ‘tagging’ them with keywords.”
Bookmarks can be kept private or shared
Collaborate Gather Web resources
Share with team
Easily move to other collaborative tools Wikis, blogs, web pages
Organization - Tagging User describes item
Many tags by many users
Search via tags
Tags link many pages/images
Start at the Beginning
Delicious Began in 2003 Best Known Largest Community Minimalist Unrefined
So MANY Tools connottea diigo Google Bookmarks gnolia
Raw Sugar HOW DO I CHOOSE? Scuttle Shadows Simpy Spurl
Different Flavors Delicious
Minimalist CiteULike
Scholarly Diigo
Web Graffiti Google Bookmarks
Super Minimalist
Ma.gnolia Search or browse bookmarks as a tag
list or tag cloud Ability to rate bookmarks! Widget to link from browser Tutorials, FAQ, and wiki for support –
great response from emails to the support team
Contacts, groups, thank you’s and discussions – many ways to share
CiteULike Tag papers, not websites! Mainly invisible web Primarily medical and biological Humanities, social sciences, and
information sciences too Tags browsable and searchable RSS feeds by author or topic
More Fun Tools with Silly Names
Sticky Notes at Google Wave
Highlight and Right Click to Annotate
Blogs as 2nd stage Collaborative Tools
Alternative to Email Asynchronous Communication Supports Hyperlinks Automatic Date Feature Multiple Users WYSIWYG Interfaces Useful for synthesizing resources
HTML Menu
Compose Menu
Facebook Groups – 1st and 2nd Stage Convenient Invitation Only Multiple Administrators Hyperlink Blur work/private boundary
LinkedIn Groups – 2nd & 3rd
More Professional Network Closed Groups News Feed
Sunsets NOT archival
Email Updates Multiple Administrators
Wiki wiki wiki!
Wiki = Hawaiian for quickCollaborative WebsiteWikipedia
Best known Lightning Rod for criticism
Other models exist
Wiki as 3rd stage collaboration tool Blog is strictly chronological Wiki allows a linear path thru resources Wiki allows hyperlinked path too! Consider a site map vs site index Plan before you produce Wiki allow different levels of control
Wiki Considerations Intended Audience Ease of Use Editorial Control Confidentiality Hosted or In House Tracking Changes & Managing Passwords Need to Update and Migrate Content
Wiki as Tool vs. Business Model Open to World Locked Down
Small Group Vetted
Secret Wikis Blog and Wiki = Bliki
International Legal Wiki
Multi-Lingual & Multi-Cultural
Wex: Cornell’s Legal Wiki
Wex StandardsContributors ScreenedSubject Matter Experts DesiredNot as self-referential as
WikipediaExtensive linking to external
authority
Legal Causes & WikisPeer to Patent: Reforming the
Patent SystemWorld Citizenship WikiNetwork Against ViolenceAnti-Lessig Reader Wiki:
Criticizing ideas of Prof. Lessig
Google Wave – 2nd or 3rd Stage Wiki Like Tool Simultaneous Collaboration Still in beta Invitation Only Email me for Invite Tool in search of a mission?
Lots of Wiki Choices
PBWorksGoogle SitesWetpaintWiki Farms
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Project InitiationPlanningExecutionProject Completion Transition to Operation
Neal Axton, Reference Librarian Office Phone: 651-290-6374 Email: Neal.Axton@wmitchell.edu
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