Online Collaboration - Articles Archive
from September 30, 2009 to July 20, 2009

Does Twitter have the potential for reaching business customers? Is Twitter an effective communication platform to create strong, long-lasting relationships in the corporate world? “As organizations look to the future, the same trend emerges as seen in the general social media and Twitter responses: a shift ... read more

In this weekly Media Literacy Digest, open education and connectivism advocate George Siemens, takes you to news and stories on emergent media, technology and learning that can help you make greater sense of the revolutionary changes taking place all around you. Inside this Media Literacy Digest: Google - ... read more

Are Twitter and the real-time web a fundamental shift in how we communicate? Or is the real-time web just a fad? While it is clear that the web has greatly simplified the way you and I consume information, now the problem is how to handle the huge ... read more

Is social media good for business? How do organizations use social media to improve their marketing effectiveness and boost their sales? Social media is making strong inroads in the business world, but understanding how to leverage social media properly remains one of the greatest marketing challenges to ... read more

In this weekly Media Literacy Digest, open education advocate George Siemens, explores and reports about emergent media, learning, education and on the future impact that new technologies may have on society. Inside this Media Literacy Digest: Untangling The Web - Why do two people share information with each ... read more

In this weekly Media Literacy Digest, open education advocate George Siemens, reports on emergent media and technology issues and on the future impact that these new technologies may have on the way you work, learn and interact with others. Inside this Media Literacy Digest: Reorganizing For The Online ... read more

In this weekly Media Literacy Digest, open education advocate George Siemens, shares his latest insights, discoveries and doubts on the impact that information and communication technologies have on our society and work. Inside this Media Literacy Digest: Struggling For a Metaphor of Change - I am trying to ... read more

What are the traits that would make for the ideal 21st teacher? What does an educational professional need to be or do to tune in and synchronize with the new realities silently emerging inside schools and educational environments? The profound, deep shifts we are starting to ... read more

In this weekly Media Literacy Digest, media expert George Siemens shares pointers and resources to help you make sense of how new media technologies are changing the world around you. Inside this Media Literacy digest: How Do Organizations Respond To Emerging Technologies? - Businesses, schools, and universities are ... read more

"My desire would be that someone in any country of the world could access the best of the brightest minds and observe the learning experience that goes on in the classrooms of Yale, Harvard, and Stanford... [and] that not only do we make our resources available ... read more

Co-browsing is the ability to navigate a web page simultaneously with other people without needing to use a screen-sharing app. Though the difference with screen-sharing tools is little known and considering the wide availability of these and of the bandwidth needed to use them effectively, it ... read more

In this issue of MasterNewMedia weekly media literacy digest, open education advocate George Siemens, explores issues in technology and education that directly influence the way we work and think about our future. Inside this Media Literacy Digest: Location - The prominence of mobile devices is raising the profile ... read more

In this weekly media literacy digest, open education advocate George Siemens shares key media and technology stories that directly affect your media, your work and and society as a whole. In this Media Literacy Digest: More Enterprise Social Software Strategies: Issues to consider in your enterprise’s internal ... read more

Mind mapping tools are an effective way to collaborate, brainstorm, visualize and plan ideas either on your own or with other people. If you still use tons of sticky notes to organize your thoughts, in this online guide I have collected and reviewed the best ... read more

In this weekly media literacy digest, educational technologies expert George Siemens takes you to breaking news and stories that directly affect media, education and society as a whole. Inside this Media Literacy Digest: Future Knowledge Ecosystems: The Next Twenty Years of Technology-Led Economic Development - A report ... read more

Interested in better understanding what is the difference between an online group and a network of people? Trying to build your own community of loyal readers and fans? In this second part (first part - Online Community Building Strategy: Good Advice From Nancy White - here) ... read more

George Siemens' Media Literacy Digest is back, like every week, to bring news, analysis and opinion on key changes and facts happening at the cross-road between technology, education, media and society. A quick guide to maintain perspective and a critical eye on the key changes taking ... read more

Building an online community is in my opinion the best investment you can make toward guaranteeing yourself greater influence, authority and opportunity for business. But how easy is it to build a thriving online community? As a matter of fact, the questions that zip through my mind ... read more

Media literacy is a critical skill that aims to increase the understanding of how mass media produce meaning and construct reality. In a world where knowledge is increasingly distributed and technological developments are shaping new educational paradigms, the ability to filter relevant information is not to ... read more

Online meeting and appointment schedulers are automated tools and web services that help you and your contacts find the best matching date / time to organize a physical or virtual meeting. Instead of making many phone calls, or going back and forth with emails, these collaborative ... read more