Tuesday, 1 May 2018

6.0     SHARING KNOWLEDGE


  1. Internet, Intranets and Extranet
  2. Security of Intranets
  3. Text-based Conferencing
  4. Web 2.0 Platform
  5. Conversational Media: Blogs
  6. Syndication and RSS Feeds
  7. Mashups
  8. Wikis
  9. Online Social Networks
  10. 3-D Virtual Worlds
  11. Groupware Tools
  12. Videoconferencing
  13. Skills Directories: Expertise Yellow Pages
  14. E-Learning

1)     Internet, Intranets and Extranet


  • Networks were configured either as LANs or WANs.
  • Common System or Protocol was called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
  • IP breaks any data or information into sizeable packets of information when they reach destination.
  • Each computer has unique IP address in order for each packet of information to know its sender’s and destination address.
  • Basic document on the web page is a page with its own particular location (URL)
  • XML (extensible mark-up language) complement HTML (hypertext mark-up language).
  • Intranet a network that exist exclusively within an organisation and is based on internet technology.
  • An extranet is a controlled private network that allows access to partners, vendors and suppliers or an authorized set of customers – normally to a subset of the information accessible from an organization's intranet.

2)     Security intranets
  • “Firewall” technologies to prevent intruders from gaining access to their sensitive organisational information.

3)     Text-based conferencing



  • Usenet newsgroup are worldwide discussion forums on a multitude of topics where discussions take place on an electronic bulletin board, with individuals posting messages for other to read.
  • Discussion cab subscribed too.
  • Various type of chat groups based on theme, topic areas.
  • WowBB, Invision Power Board & vBulletin.

4)     Web 2.0 platform



  • The second stage of development of the Internet, characterized especially by the change from static web pages to dynamic/interactive or user-generated content and the growth of social media.

5)     Conversational Media: blogs






  • Blog, short for ‘web log’, a website for adding an invidiual thoughts, commentary or a diary events.

6)     Syndication and RSS(Really Simple Syndication) Feeds




  • Using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to see when sites from all over the internet have added new content. You can get the latest headlines and articles (or even audio files, photographs or video) in one place, as soon as they are published, without having to remember to visit each site every day.

7)     Mashups




  • A web mashup is a web application that takes information from one or more sources and presents it in a new way or with a unique layout.

8)     Wikis



  • A website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.

9)     Online social network



  • Internet communities where individuals can interact with others in the community through profiles, which represent their public persona and networks of connections.

10)     3-D virtual worlds




  • Interact with others under you own avatar through virtual worlds in real time.
         - Second Life
         - VRchat


11)     Groupware tools



  • Groupware software like Lotus Notes / Domino, Microsoft Exchange, Groupwise and others are products of that is very suitable for developing applications of people to work together as a teamwork such as in office environment and others in order to increase productivity and quality in term of services and so on.

12)     Video conferencing



  • A video conference is a live, visual connection between two or more people residing in separate locations for the purpose of communication.

13)     Skill Directories: Expertise Yellow Pages



  • Expertise-Locator Systems are knowledge repositories that attempt to organize knowledge by identifying experts who possess specific knowledge. Expertise locator systems are also known as expert directories, expertise directories, skill directories, skills catalogs, white pages or yellow pages.

14)     E-learning



  • In which learning conducted via electronic media, typically on the Internet.

         - Mentoring
         - Chat forums
         - Expert-led discussions
         - Web seminars
         - Online Meetings
         - Virtual Classroom Sessions

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