Connect with the Community (Activity)

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Title Getting connected with the community
Overview learners should get familiar with different communication tools (such as iRC, TitanPad, Skype etc.) that are commonly used by the Open Source community.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Learning Objectives In this activity learners will:

- familiarize with different communication tools (such as iRC, TitanPad, Skype etc.) that are freely available for everyone.

- explore interactions and find out how different open source software development communities (HFOSS in particular) use these tools to perform efficient communications among their members.

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Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit HCI/Collaboration and Communication
Topic The are several topics:

- Asynchronous group communication, e.g., e-mail, forums, social networks

- Synchronous group communication, e.g., chat rooms, conferencing, online games

- Social media, social computing, and social network analysis

- Online collaboration, 'smart' spaces, and social coordination aspects of workflow technologies

- Online communities

Level of Difficulty EASY
Estimated Time to Completion 50 minutes
Materials/Environment
Author Razvan A. Mezei
Source 50 ways
License Licensed CC BY-SA


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