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Chapter 5: Network Applications. Categories of Net Applications Discovery, Communication, Collaboration Web 2.0 E-Learning and Telecommuting. Net Applications 1: Discovery. Search engines General- or special-purpose Metasearch (aggregator). Discovery (cont.): Portals.
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Chapter 5: Network Applications • Categories of Net Applications • Discovery, Communication, Collaboration • Web 2.0 • E-Learning and Telecommuting
Net Applications 1: Discovery • Search engines • General- or special-purpose • Metasearch (aggregator)
Discovery (cont.): Portals • Commercial (public) portals • Corporate portals • Industrywide portals
Net Application 2: Communication • E-mail • Web-based call centers • Instant Messaging (Chatting) • Voice / Video communications
Net Application 3: Collaboration • Virtual Teams • Groupware • Google Groups • Microsoft Sharepoint • Videoconference • Webconferencing
Individual Work Stations Group Facilitator Public Screen Groupware: Electronic Meeting System (EMS) • Used for • Strategic planning sessions, Marketing focus groups, Brainstorming sessions, etc.
Web 2.0 • Internet technologies and services that foster participation and collaboration • Content created by and shared among peers
Web 2.0: Technologies and Applications • AJAX – Allows dynamic, interactive Web pages • Wikis – Web users create and maintain content • Blogging • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) – automatic content distribution
Web 2.0: Aggregators • Collecting and consolidating content from the Web
Web 2.0: Mashup • Creating new content by mixing and matching exiting content on the Web • e.g., Chicago Crime
E-Learning and Distance Learning Advantages? Disadvantage?
Telecommuting Advantages? Disadvantage?
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