ICT CONTENT AND COLLABORATION
ICT content can be created and published anytime and anywhere. With the use of ICT devices and the Internet, you can exchange information with people throughout the world without physical proximity.
People can work together to develop content by using online platforms, collaborative tools and also form a team structure with team dynamics. This improves quality of work while making the content development process faster.
Online collaboration on an online environment allows people to generate content, reflection, reviews while making modification processes visible to others.
A team of writers, editors, designers, team manager may work together even though they are located in different areas with the use of collaboration tools. The writers and designers can easily get feedback and approval of the content that they are working on.
TEAM STRUCTURE
Team structure consists of people involved in creating the contents of the project. To develop the content successfully, the team structure and dynamics must be effective to ensure results. Team structures may differ depending on the organizational or type of work involved. A basic ICT team structure consists of:
- Director ICT
- Network Team
- Information Systems Group
- Systems and Server Team
- Desktop and Media Services Team
- Telecoms Team
- Dynamic Information Sources
(Click HERE to know more details about ICT Team Structure)
ONLINE COLLABORATIVE TOOLS
For collaborative development of ICT content, there are various collaborative tools that you can use. These collaborative tools allow writers, editors, designers and team managers to take part in collaborative work in real time. Collaborative tools support online collaboration. They are usually stand-alone applications that are “cloud” applications, which means the content is backed up online. You should be online in order to participate in these applications. If you are offline, you may sync up once the Internet is connected. Collaborative tools have many categories like:
- Social Chat (ex. Google Hangouts, Skype and Viber)
- Social Media (ex. Facebook, Blog and Microblog)
- Cloud Storage (ex. Google Drive and Mega)
More examples are Facebook Groups, WordPress, G Suite, Google Docs, Microsoft Office Online and Web Portals. (To learn about the best online collaborative tools, click HERE!)
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