[VBbuilders] Tools and Techniques

[Thompson, Steve]

Hello Franz and All

Yes, Dorfwiki then. I'm OK with that and since no one else has spoken up that's proposed and seconded !

Where on Dorf Wiki do we begin. How do we begin?

The Robin Good list looks very  ... well er ... Good -  Franz

My own interests are in grass roots applications, simple and effective and preferably free. I'm interested in applying this to distance learning, cultural exchanges and organisational meetings. I started thinking about the tools again for a couple of reasons: a project I'm putting together where some distance support would be useful. Secondly I'm a director of the UK Community Media Association. We meet every three months and with the board coming from all over the UK the travel costs are horrendous. In these financial times savings must be found. The only drawback is that most online conferences are spent shouting "Can you hear me, your lips are moving but I can't hear you".

Steve T


On 04/10/2010 16:42, "Franz Nahrada" <f.nahrada at reflex.at> wrote:

Hello Steve, everyone!

I agree it would be good to start a comparative Matrix of Tools and In
would be honored if we can do it on Dorfwiki.

I think we could cover several categories of products in One Matrix

* Video Dialogue
* Visual Support for Collaborative Work on PCs
* Mass Streaming tools with Chat
* High Level Videobridging Environments to reach diverse targets (groups
in a room with projection,  TVs at home)

For the first step we might look whats out there

I did some first look around
http://www.megameeting.com/web-conferencing-chart.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software
http://www.ucop.edu/irc/services/documents/conftools_compchrt.pdf
(facility specific with few option, but very infomative)

but the absolute winner is our friend Robin Good in Rome

http://www.masternewmedia.org/best-video-conferencing-tools-free-low-cost-one-to-one-and-multi-party-solutions-mini-guide/

I think that we should co-operate with him and work from this base

Franz




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