1. Collaboration tools & IBBT:
an ongoing research process
Peter Mechant, MICT/IBBT/UGent

4. Structure
• Sketch ‘the beginning’ and the activities leading
up to MyBBT.
• Explore the current use of MyBBT.
• Latest MyBBT-survey
• Google Analytics data
• Compare MyBBT with the preferences for other
tools for specific tasks
• Food for thought: some provoking statements

12. Overall satisfaction with MyBBT

13. Overall satisfaction with MyBBT features

14. Knowledge & use of MyBBT features

15. Comparing tools for specific tasks

16. Communication one-on-one

17. Communication one-to-many

18. Sharing information and resources

19. Co-writing on a document or paper

23. Some quotes …
In the overview of project colleagues on the right, it would be good to add
the research group/company and WPs they are working in. Specifically for
new projects, you don't know everyone and then it is nice to have some
additional information. Also a clear overview of WP leaders might be a nice
add-on (Female, 26-30 years, Senior Researcher).
What we really need to run a project are mail groups and a fileserver, that's
it. IBBT should go back to mail groups in which mails behave exactly as
ordinary mails […]. It should turn MyBBT into a much simpler, much more
user friendly fileserver (Male, 36-40 years, Professor).
It seems that there are many features on MyBBT that I don’t know about,
so more information about the features would be good (Female, 20-25
years, Administrative or support function).

24. Some questions …
In the overview of project colleagues on the right, it would be good to add
the research group/company and WPs they are working in. Specifically for
new projects, you don't know everyone and then it is nice to have some
additional information. Also a clear overview of WP leaders might be a nice
add-on (Female, 26-30 years, Senior Researcher).
 More focus on social networking features ??
What we really need to run a project are mail groups and a fileserver, that's
it. IBBT should go back to mail groups in which mails behave exactly as
ordinary mails […]. It should turn MyBBT into a much simpler, much more
user friendly fileserver (Male, 36-40 years, Professor).
 Keep it simple ??
It seems that there are many features on MyBBT that I don’t know about,
so more information about the features would be good (Female, 20-25
years, Administrative or support function).
 What about media or software literacy ??

25. Peter Mechant
MICT, Ghent University