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CONCEPT NOTES NO. 1

First Semester (Midterms) – Empowerment Technologies 11

Topic: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Internet-based Collaboration Tools/Platforms

The different types of Internet-based collaboration tools are as follows:
1. Document or file sharing – the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as
computer programs, multimedia (audio, images, and video), documents or electronic books.
2. Work grouping – the practice of sharing data via a local network.
3. Web presenting – working with your colleagues, partners, agencies, vendors, customers and prospects
using a shared library of assets and workflows that let everyone contribute simultaneously.
4. Co-browsing – the joint navigation through the World Wide Web by two or more people accessing the
same web pages at the same time. Early co-browsing was achieved by local execution of software that
had to be installed on the computer of each participant.
5. Web conferencing – a form of real-time communications (RTC) in which multiple computer users, all
connected to the Internet, see the same screen at all times in their web browsers. Some web
conferencing systems include features such as texting, VoIP (voice over IP) and full-motion video.
6. Video conferencing – allows users in different locations to hold face-to-face meetings without having to
move to a single location.
7. Screen sharing – the technology empowered ability to transmit the contents of your computer screen to
one or more remotely connected Internet users.
8. Instant messaging – a type of online chat which offers real-time text transmission over the Internet.
9. Mind mapping – a way of linking key concepts using images, lines, and links. A central concept is linked
via lines to other concepts which in turn are linked with other associated ideas.

Collaborative management tools facilitate and manage group activities. Examples include:
• Electronic calendars – also called ‘time management software’, schedule events and automatically
notify and remind group members.
• Project management systems – schedule, track, and chart the steps in a project as it is being
completed.
• Workflow systems – collaborative management of tasks and documents within a knowledge-based
business process.
• Knowledge management systems – collect, organize, manage, and share various forms of information.
• Enterprise bookmarking – collaborative bookmarking engine to tag, organize, share, and search
enterprise data.
• Prediction markets – let a group of people predict together the outcome of future events.
• Extranet systems – also known as ‘project extranets’, collect, organize, manage and share information
associated with the delivery of a project (e.g.: the construction of a building).
• Social software systems – organize social relations of groups online to collaborate and share structured
data and information, which primarily includes surveys, project management, feedback, and time
tracking.

Online Social Tools and Platforms

Podcasting
A podcast is a digital medium that consists of an episodic series of audio, digital radio, PDF, or ePub
files. Podcasting was originally derived from the word ‘pod’ (a mobile playback device that has an MP3 player)
and ‘casting’ (derived from ‘broadcasting’). It is actually the distribution of multimedia files either audio or video
over the Internet. Most of the podcasts are shared using the RSS (real simply syndication) format.

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Blogging
These are described as personal diaries or journals on the web. It may cover different topics and
express many opinions, a commentary on current events, a collection of memories or thoughts, and a place to
post photos and comments. It serves as an individual’s spaces that gives him/her voice on the web. Blogs can
be highly influential and have huge readership, while others are intended just for a circle of friends or family.
Tagging
In information systems, a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information
such as Internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps describe an item and
allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are generally chosen informally and personally by
the item’s creator or by its viewer, depending on the system.

Curating
Content curation is the process of collecting, organizing, and displaying information relevant to a
particular topic or area of interest. Services or people that implement content creation are called curators.
Curation services can be used by businesses as well as end users.

Social Bookmarking
The way to store, organize, search, manage, and share collections of websites is called social
bookmarking. Metadata “tags” or keywords are used so that lists can be organized and shared across the
Internet.

Social Networking
Social networking is considered as the most popular, successful, and evidently has the most widely
accessed application on the Internet. It provides a virtual community that connects people who share personal
or professional interests, who go to the same school or organization, or who simply want to join and hangout
with friendship groups worldwide. Moreover, it has the capability and features that users can communicate with
each other through chat, instant messaging, video conferencing, and voice call.

Web Content Voting

A rating site (less commonly, a rate-me site) is a website designed for the users to vote on or rate
people, content, or other things. Rating sites are typically organized around attributes such as physical
appearance, body parts, voice, and personality. They may also be devoted to the subjects’ occupational ability,
for example, teachers, professors, lawyers, doctors, etc.

E-Portfolios
Known as electronic portfolio, it is an electronic or digital compilation exhibiting abilities, demonstrating
achievements and growth, permitting for flexible expression (site areas to meet the skill requirements of a
particular class, institution, or job), and consenting access from varied interested parties (colleagues, parents,
fellow learners, potential employers, instructors, etc.). It can contain a variety of artefacts such as audio,
graphics, video, multimedia, and text typically maintained on the Internet.

Wikis
The word “wiki” is derived from Hawaiian which means ‘fast’. Wiki is basically a page or collection of
web pages designed to enable any user – private (restricted to a particular group) or public (open to everyone)
who accesses them to collaboratively build up a body of content on particular topics of interest and modify
them easily. A significant characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and
updated. It is commonly used in business and education because it provides intranets and knowledge
management systems and allow students to co-create documents and research topics collaboratively,
respectively.

Microblogging
Also called as mobile social networking, is a form of blogging that limits the size of each message or
post to less than 200 characters, and publish them via web browser-based services, e-mail, or mobile phones.
Among the most notable microblogging services are Twitter, Tumblr, FriendFeed, Plurk, Jaiku, and identi.ca.

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Seven Functional Building Blocks of Social Media
1. Identity – This block denotes the extent to which users reveal their identities in a social media setting. This
can include disclosing information such as name, age, gender, profession, location, and also information
that portrays users in certain ways.
2. Conversations – This block describes how users communicate with other users in a social media setting.
Many social media sites are designed primarily to facilitate conversations among individuals and groups.
3. Sharing – It is the block that defines the way users exchange, distribute, and receive content. The term
‘social’ often implies that exchanges between people are crucial.
4. Presence – This block represents the range to which users can know if other users are accessible. It
includes knowing where others are in the virtual world and/or in the real world, and whether they are
available.
5. Relationships – The block that shows how the users can be related to other users. Two or more users have
some form of association that leads them to converse, share objects of sociality, meet up or simply just list
each other as a friend or a fan.
6. Reputation – It characterizes the scope to which users can identify the standing of others, including
themselves in a social media setting. Reputation can have different meanings on social media platforms
but in most cases, it is a matter of trust.
7. Groups – It is the block that shows the range on how users can form communities and sub-communities.
The more ‘social’ a network becomes, the bigger the group of friends, followers, and contacts.

Examples of Prominent Social Media

• Facebook – a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, share
ideas, upload photos and videos, send messages, and keep in touch with friends, family, and colleagues.
• Twitter – a free microblogging service that allows registered members to broadcast short posts called
‘tweets’. Twitter members can broadcast tweets and follow other users’ tweets by using multiple platforms
and devices.
• Google+ - pronounced as ‘Google plus’, it is Google’s social networking project, designed to replicate the
way people interact offline more closely than is the case in other social networking services. The project’s
slogan is “real-life sharing rethought for the web”.
• LinkedIn – a social networking site designed specifically for the business community. The goal of the site is
to allow registered members to establish and document networks of people they know and trust
professionally.
• Reddit – a social news website and forum where stories are socially curated and promoted by site
members. The site is composed of hundreds of subcommunities, known as “subreddits”. Each subreddit
has a specific topic such as technology, politics or music. Reddit site members, also known as “redditors”,
submit content which is then voted upon by other members. The goal is to send well-regarded stories to
the top of the site’s main thread page.
• Pinterest – a social curation website for sharing and categorizing images found online. Pinterest requires
brief descriptors but the main focus of the site is visual. Clicking on an image will take you to the original
source.

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