• Internet Collaboration Will Lead to More Innovation

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• Michael Nielson’s new book Reinventing Discovery, which is about “the use of online tools to transform the way science is done.

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• Why is mass online collaboration useful in solving mathematical problems? Part of the answer is that even the best mathematicians can learn a great deal from people with complementary knowledge, and be stimulated to consider ideas in directions they wouldn’t have considered on their own. Online tools create a shared space where this can happen, a short-term collective working memory where ideas can be rapidly improved by many minds. These tools enable us to scale up creative conversation, so connections that would ordinarily require fortuitous serendipity instead happen as a matter of course. This speeds up the problem-solving process, and expands the range of problems that can be solved by the human mind.

  • Internet Collaboration has the ability to create connections with others, in real time, to help speed up the creation processes.

• With improving computers and an ever-growing internet, there’s plenty of space for good feedback, argumentation, and collaboration. Not just in terms of writing and debate, but in action. As long as we embrace that action and openness, and avoid turning back to the walled gardens of closed systems and further specialization, I believe that we can find ourselves in a new Renaissance. Not just in the United States or Western culture, but worldwide. All cultures together, one human society, connected online, working together. Yes, despite the economy. Yes, despite the environment. Yes, despite all of the other myriad problems we face.

   

  That’s because we have at our disposal the greatest tool for problem solving in history – human minds that can collaborate with each other no matter where they are located.

   

  We haven’t come close to reaching our potential.
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• The Benefits of Online Collaboration Tools

  How the right online collaboration tool can transform the way we work

  From Gabriela Warren

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• 2. Team members can be anywhere - As long as they have an Internet connection, team members can be working remotely from anywhere in the world. This means that it’s possible for a team to be completely dispersed, while still working in an organized way. Co-workers in different states or even countries can easily work together on the same project, helping organizations put together the best possible team for a project, regardless of the location of the employees. It also means that while employees are away from the office on a business trip, they don’t need to be disconnected from the project, and can contribute to it as if they were on their desks.

  • The best possable team for the project, no-matter where they live.
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• FAQs About Online Collaboration

  Online Collaboration Basics

  From Gabriela Warren

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• Question: What is online collaboration?
  Answer: Simply put, online collaboration lets a group of people work together in real-time over the Internet. Those engaged in online collaboration can work together on word processor documents, Power Point presentations and even for brainstorming, all without needing to be in the same room at the same time. There are many great online collaboration tools available, which can help your team accomplish its goals.
• Question: How can online collaboration help business?
  Answer: The Internet has enabled an increasingly dispersed workforce, and it's not uncommon to see modern-day employees working with people from all over the world. Collaborating online is the perfect way to diminish the distance between employees, as they can work together on the same documents, at the same time as if they were all in the same room. This means that projects can be done much faster, as there is no need to send documents back and forth between offices, and it also means that communication between employees is improved.

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