Hello
You may have noticed that the announcement of the Netskills workshop
"Communication and Collaboration on the Internet" sent out on 10 Nov
contained strange formatting. This was caused by our system for sending out
workshop announcements having a problem.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Below is a correctly formatted version.
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Dave Hartland
Netskills
Netskills Workshop:
Communication and Collaboration on the Internet
9:30 - 4:30 Thursday 17th December 1998 Newcastle University
Workshop Content:
The workshop will comprise presentations, demonstrations and
hands-on sessions with opportunities for questions and discussion.
Participants will each receive a workbook which contains workshop
exercises, presentation slides and other relevant materials.
Workshop Description
The Internet offers new and unrivalled opportunities to communicate and
collaborate across the campus or around the world.
Distributed work groups involving meetings, discussion groups,
shared documents and shared applications can be provided over the
Internet. Many of these facilities use existing tools including
the World Wide Web and email, others use new technology, for
example videoconferencing and Internet telephony. Some services
also provide interfaces to more traditional communication media
such as the fax and telephone.
This is a practical workshop for users of the World Wide Web
who want to understand more about how the Internet and intranets
are employed to provide interactive communication and collaborative
environments. It provides hands-on examples demonstrating the
speed, convenience, low cost and sophisticated features of
individual and group communication systems.
It is suitable for researchers and academics from any
discipline, librarians and computing service staff.
Topics covered include:
an introduction to videoconferencing and Internet telephony
use of Web-based collaborative environments
interfacing to other technology including mobile phones and fax
discussion facilities including chat systems, email and Usenet News
hypernews and hypermail
virtual environments such as MUDs and MOOs
document, file- and application-sharing systems
an introduction to secure communication through encryption
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
seen examples of how the Internet is being used for communication and
collaborative purposes
explored Web-based discussion and collaborative environments
an awareness of videoconferencing and Internet telephony
seen document and application sharing systems in action
explored virtual collaborative environments
had the opportunity to discuss the issues involved in
Internet-based communication
investigated hypernews, hypermail and chat facilities
seen or tried Web-to-fax and Web-to-mobile phone messaging services
Workshop Requirements:
Participants need no special technical skills and no prior knowledge of
the Internet; however, basic computer skills such as using a mouse
and keyboard are essential. In addition, experience of using Microsoft
Windows for opening and saving files and opening and closing
applications (e.g. a word processor) would be helpful.
The cost of the workshop is 99 pounds for participants from higher
education. Other participants should contact Netskills for the relevant
fees.
Note: Costs include lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea.
For more information about Netskills workshops, including
online booking forms, look at the Netskills event pages on the World
Wide Web at:
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/
or contact Netskills directly by email:
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or by Fax:
0191 222 5001
or leave a request for booking forms on the bookings hotline:
0191 222 5008
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