Comments on: Tools for online academic collaboration? http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah Bodnar-Brim http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-54796 Sarah Bodnar-Brim Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:57:40 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-54796 http://www.grouptable.com is wonderful online group collaboration tool and it's free. http://www.grouptable.com
is wonderful online group collaboration tool and it’s free.

]]> By: Host BD http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-52618 Host BD Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:24:54 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-52618 Shirley Wu is right. i say the same... For online paper management and group file sharing - http://www.labmeeting.com For online collaboration management - http://www.laboratree.org Shirley Wu is right. i say the same…

For online paper management and group file sharing – http://www.labmeeting.com

For online collaboration management – http://www.laboratree.org

]]> By: Rob Oakes http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-52142 Rob Oakes Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:54:31 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-52142 My Research Group has had tremendously good luck with both Subversion (which is a version control system) and Office Live (a free online service from Microsoft). Subversion works great for specific projects, we create a series of stock folders: references, notes, discussions. References include PDF documents, notes include observations on those references (saved as individual text files which people then add their observations to the top of), and discussions include active questions which the PI or other individuals want to solicit feedback on. The upside is that it is a distributed system with offline files that anyone can get plug into via checking out a copy of the repository. When writing finally does coommence on a paper or proposal, a new folder: drafts is added. Subversion is OpenSource, thus <a href="http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/01/22/backup-part1" rel="nofollow">it is rather easy to convert an old computer to a dedicated subversion server.</a> If you are interested, there is <a href="http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/science-and-technology/svn" rel="nofollow">overview</a> of Subversion on my website. <a href="http://www.officelive.com" rel="nofollow">Office Live Workspace</a> is something that we started using relatively recently. It is very similar to Microsoft's Sharepoint, except accessed via the internet through a Windows Hotmail account. Each account gets 5 GB of online storage plus the ability to create an unlimited of projects (called workspaces). Each workspace can be used to host/share files (any type though it works best with MS Office documents), hold discussions, etc. While it will work with any browser, the software seems to play best with Windows (e.g. you can directly mount the workspace as a local drive). Office 2007 even has a plug-in which allows it to access the files without going through the browser. My Research Group has had tremendously good luck with both Subversion (which is a version control system) and Office Live (a free online service from Microsoft). Subversion works great for specific projects, we create a series of stock folders: references, notes, discussions. References include PDF documents, notes include observations on those references (saved as individual text files which people then add their observations to the top of), and discussions include active questions which the PI or other individuals want to solicit feedback on. The upside is that it is a distributed system with offline files that anyone can get plug into via checking out a copy of the repository. When writing finally does coommence on a paper or proposal, a new folder: drafts is added. Subversion is OpenSource, thus it is rather easy to convert an old computer to a dedicated subversion server. If you are interested, there is overview of Subversion on my website.

Office Live Workspace is something that we started using relatively recently. It is very similar to Microsoft’s Sharepoint, except accessed via the internet through a Windows Hotmail account. Each account gets 5 GB of online storage plus the ability to create an unlimited of projects (called workspaces). Each workspace can be used to host/share files (any type though it works best with MS Office documents), hold discussions, etc. While it will work with any browser, the software seems to play best with Windows (e.g. you can directly mount the workspace as a local drive). Office 2007 even has a plug-in which allows it to access the files without going through the browser.

]]> By: Chris http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-47394 Chris Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:47:31 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-47394 ....i`ve heard about a new semantic search engine at researchgate - anyone tried it out? ….i`ve heard about a new semantic search engine at researchgate – anyone tried it out?

]]> By: Tom http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-47214 Tom Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:07:47 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-47214 Well, the link obviously is www.researchgate.net ... Should have mentioned that! :) Well, the link obviously is http://www.researchgate.net … Should have mentioned that! :)

]]> By: Tom http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-47213 Tom Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:07:15 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-47213 Another good one is Researchgate. I joined a while ago and I think it's really useful. Check it out! Another good one is Researchgate. I joined a while ago and I think it’s really useful. Check it out!

]]> By: Om wikibaserad datainsamling | Mothugg http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-45040 Om wikibaserad datainsamling | Mothugg Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:19:08 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-45040 [...] textbaserad empiri. Men befintliga Caqdas-program imponerade inte och de förslag jag fick via Academic Productivity var inte riktigt vad vi var ute efter heller. Nu har vi dock gjort vårt val: MediaWiki, [...] [...] textbaserad empiri. Men befintliga Caqdas-program imponerade inte och de förslag jag fick via Academic Productivity var inte riktigt vad vi var ute efter heller. Nu har vi dock gjort vårt val: MediaWiki, [...]

]]> By: Ehud zamir http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-44468 Ehud zamir Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:22:06 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-44468 http://www.wepapers.com A social knowledge sharing web application which allows college & university students to share their papers, notes and other materials, ask each-other questions and more http://www.wepapers.com

A social knowledge sharing web application which allows college & university students to share their papers, notes and other materials, ask each-other questions and more

]]> By: Gecko http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-43282 Gecko Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:53:14 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-43282 ...or Zoho. …or Zoho.

]]> By: Gecko http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/tools-for-online-academic-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-43281 Gecko Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:52:37 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=391#comment-43281 What about a quasi intranet like google apps? What about a quasi intranet like google apps?

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