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writingplatforms(Thompson,2007),whichontheonehandarerepresented
bywikis,whileontheotherbyonlinewordprocessorssuchasGoogleDocs
andSpreadsheets,http://docs.google.com,Writeboard,http://www.writeboard.
com,andJotSpotLive,http://www.jot.com.Theessenceofonlinecollaborationis
editingadocumentinrealtimeontheInternet,bycreatingawebpagefocusedon
aparticularcontentitemdemandingonlyanInternetbrowserforalloperations.
Collaboration,thistimeusinga3Dgraphicalinterface,liesatthefoundation
oftherationalefortheuseofWeb2.0virtualreality.Virtualrealitycollaborative
spacessuchasActiveWorlds(http://www.activeworlds.com)andSecondLife
(http://www.secondlife.com),offerinterestinginstructionalopeningsbothfor
interaction(withotherhumanusersrepresentedgraphicallybyavatars)and
interactivity(users,manipulationofitemsinthevirtuallearningenvironment).
AsMcCarty(2007:22)observes,"3DVLEs,withbothavatarsandenvironment
designedbytheusers,offeranimaginativeandrichsensoryexperiencefor
educatorsandlearnerstomeetatadistance.”Newresearchdevelopmentsinthis
area(e.g.theALIVEproject,seedeByl&Taylor,2007),exploittheWeb2.0ethos
ofcollectiveintelligence,bringingittogetherwith3Dgamingandsimulation
technologiesforthere-creationofrealclassroomsinonline3Dsocialcommunity
environments.
Mediaauthoring,sharingandremixingservicesareanotherinteresting
phenomenonasfarasWeb2.0technologiesareconcerned.Here,themostpopular
seemstobepodcasting(vodcasting/vidcasting,imagecastingandothers),which,
accordingtoMolina(2006:122),dependsonpushtechnologies("theprocessof
collectivetechnologiesthatsendinformationouttousers,regardlessofwhether
anyoneistunedin”)todelivercontent.Thismeansthatpodcastcreatorscanhave
theirmediafiledeliveredtosubscribersassoonasitbecomesavailable,without
theuserhavingtotypeinaURLtodownloadtheinformation.
Ontheonehand,servicessuchasPodomatic.comorVideoPodcastDirectory
enableuserstocreateaprogrammeofaparticulartypeusingsimpleonlineforms
andrelevantinputdevices(cameraormicrophone),withtheresultantfilelater
storedandsharedwithothers.AsThompson(2007)stressesit,theimportant
breakthroughofpodcastingtoolsisthat"studentscreateorrecordlectures,
discussions,interviews,andpresentationsandthenuploadaudioorimagefilesto
asharedcoursespace”(p.3),whileinstructorsmayrecordinterviews,oralexams
orclassroomlecturesand"downloadstudentcontributionsfromthecoursespace
totheirowniPods”(p.3).
Ontheotherhand,mediaremixingtechnologiesenableuserstocreate
personalisedstreamsofcontent,drawnfromtheiroriginallocationsandput
togetherinasinglemediaaggregator.Thiscanberealisedintheformofstandard
RSS(ReallySimpleSyndication)readers,orspecialprogramscheckingselected
websitesforupdatesandthendownloadingthenewcontenttotheapplication.