5.0 Examples of tools and applications using Web Semantics (models)

• “MY Second Life” - Business week article “My virtual Life” talks about individuals living their lives in the virtual life ‘game' called “MY Second Life”- it makes reference to e-learning and collaboration between individuals

E.g. A lot of other real-world businesses are paying attention. That's because virtual worlds could transform the way they operate by providing a new template for getting work done, from training and collaboration to product design and marketing. The British branding firm Rivers Run Red is working with real-world fashion firms and media companies inside Second Life, where they're creating designs that can be viewed in all their 3D glory by colleagues anywhere in the world. A consortium of corporate training folks from Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), American Express (AXP), Intel (INTC), and more than 200 other companies, organized by learning and technology think tank The MASIE Centre in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is experimenting inside Second Life with ways for companies to foster more collaborative learning methods. Says Intel Corp. learning consultant Brent T. Schlenker: "We're trying to get in on the front end of this new workforce that will be coming."

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982001.htm

• Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a free web-based word processing and spreadsheet program that keeps documents current and lets the people you choose update files from their own computers. You can, for example, coordinate your student group's homework assignments, access your family to-do list from work or home, or collaborate with remote colleagues on a new business plan.
• Google earth - http://earth.google.com/.
• WebEx WebOffice is the award-winning collaboration suite that uses the power of the web to make it easy for everyone to work together – from anywhere in the world. http://www.weboffice.com/EN/Home/
• Videoconferencing technology allows people at two or more locations to see and hear each other at the same time. The Videoconferencing for Learning website supports effective and educational uses of videoconferencing by providing basic information about the technology and instructional applications as well as resources to help you find and collaborate with other videoconferencing teachers, librarians, and content providers.
• Internet Relay Chat (IRC), a tool used by the semantic web development community to manage distributed working. IRC is a chat protocol where people can meet on channels and talk to each other. The semantic web community is enhancing this by writing robots that can help to log the chat when members are away, and a real-time chat-based tool that allows them to create and annotate links on a web page by typing in a chat room.
• Web Modelling Language (WebML) : a modelling language for designing Web sites.

The semantic web - A touch of intelligence for the internet? http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,981948,00.html

(very useful article to read through)

“Semantic Learning Webs” Arthur Stutt and Enrico Motta

http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/2004/10/

(very useful article to read through)

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