2. What are collaboration tools?
They are computers applications that allow
individuals to work in a group on a single task
to achieve common goal
Enable student to communicate with other
students and instructors
Share ideas, Information, knowledge, views
etc.
3. Why collaborative tools are important
University still uses conventional ways of knowledge delivery
(Pen & Paper based, hard copy and recently presentations )
Introduces new ways of seeking and sharing knowledge
Introduces efficiency to learning
Flexible teaching/learning environment
Decreases distance between students and teachers
Enable student to think out of the box
Individuals to see from different dimensions
Bring motivation among team & Makes learning fun Enable
6. Mind Map
Mind maps are diagrams used to brainstorm and
organize ideas, and can be used by everyone for
anything.
Benefits of Mind Map
Reduce re-reading tons of books
Make revision easy for student (You only capture main
point)
Give a big picture of subject
Easy to concentrate and memorize
Organize information for research and assignments
8. Electronic calendars
E-Calendar is a great tool for managing time
It helps student
Schedule important academic event in Calendar
Share calendar with other student
Schedule meetings with instructors
Tells students when they have free time
Get reminder for the tasks
Highlight important deadline and milestone
10. Google Cloud Connect
Enable individuals to store, share, back up and
simultaneously edit Microsoft Word, Excel and
Power Point document with coworkers
Enable Multi-person editing
Keeps a history of file edits
Edit offline
Syncing to the cloud
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12. RefWorks
Reference management software package
Help researchers easily gather, manage, store
and share all types of information, as well as
generate citations and bibliographies
Helps researcher avoid plagiarism
13. Wiki
A collection of pages that allows multiple
users to collaborate on information together.
The innovative element of wikis is simplicity;
anyone can edit pages and immediately see
the changes made by other users.
14. Wiki tool for team work
Enable students to work on an assignment as a
team
Enable student to learn about the challenges
while working in a team
Share, edit each others ideas and critically assess
team member work
Enable them to monitor team members progress
Share and edit each other work
16. Drop box
Enable individual's to maintain a back up of their locally
stored data on the cloud
Benefits
Enable user to share and access data through the
Internet
User friendly interface | 5 GB spare free
Accessed globally | Maintain file versioning
Synchronize locally stored files with Drop Box hosting
servers
17. RSS Feeds
Enable the delivery of regularly changing web
contents
Allow users to keep themselves abreast about
recent development in their area of interest
Saves time, by not needing to visit every site
individually and ensure users privacy
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19. Blog
It is an online journal or website where users
can post articles
Express their view
Share links, news, video, audios, etc.
Professor can write blog to share is expertise with
other fellows or students
20. Delicious
It is a social bookmarking web services used
to store, share and discover web book marks
Helps individuals collects all the web
resources used for a class, project under
single tag
Most used social book marking tool
21. Podcast
A multimedia digital file made available on the
Internet for downloading to a portable media
player, computer, etc.
Post cast could be audio or Video cast
22. Video Cast
A video file made available on the Internet for
downloading or watching online
Many universities throughout the world share
their video lectures online, a good source is
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26. What does collaboration tools offer?
• It not only helps student take most
out of their academic life, but also
• Helps students learn most
important skills needed for every
job
27. Skills learned
Improve Problem solving
communication skill Critical thinking
Improve team work
Self confidence
Improve time
management skills Increase productivity
Increase and solidify
knowledge
28. Recommendation
University should add a new modules to its
curricula by the name of Academic success,
which will include the following
Using collaborative tools in education
Using social networking in higher education
Project and time management skills
Conducting research and referencing
Searching for information
ePals: Connect with other students worldwide to learn: For a global view from a different perspective, try out ePals. Many of you may have heard of its usefulness in foreign language learning as a secure means that a class in one country can communicate with classes in other countries.
37. What you need: Application (many free software apps: PBwiki , Wetpaint , MediaWiki , DokuWiki ; just to name a few) Commitment (“buy-in” from your contributors) Technical support (at least one person who can fool with the code behind the application) Training38. Wiki tools PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/ MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/ DokuWiki http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki TWiki (open source app) http://twiki.org ClearWiki (free for 10 users) http://clearwiki.com/ Wetpaint (free) http://www.wetpaint.com SeedWiki (free; multiple wikis) http://www.seedwiki.com39. PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/ Free Hosted (no need to download software) Web-based; login from any internet browser40. MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/ Open source application Download and install on your own server Designed for use with large websites/multiple servers Some WYSIWYG Editing syntax allows users to edit and contribute content without knowledge of HTML41. DokuWiki http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki Open source application Download and install on your own server Has its own editing syntax for contributing and editing content
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter.