Guys,, I'd like to invite you to take part in an experiment which might begin to bridge the digital divide, or at least the divide between the old telephone system and IP networks. The main thing I'd like to think we could acheive, in the first instance, is coming up with a telephone (conferencing) number which we could all use to talk to one another at the cost of a local call. The aim is to build a global collaboration network using tools which are already there. http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/about.jsp
We wil want to build this from the bottom up, and in Australia this is the bottom. http://www.arcs.org.au/products-services/collaboration-services/video/evo/telephone-bridge-phone You'll see (at the bottom of the page) that there are already some 'telephone bridge numbers' for different countries. I'm hoping we might be able to add a few more, depending on your locality. I'm pretty sure that this won't be too much of a leap for the people in your institution which work with these kind of tools, You only need to tell them that you'd like to tap in to an EVO meeting by dialing a local telephone number. That's step 1. If we can get this far, and you ask your techs to contact arcs and add your local number to the international list, we can all get some idea of the power of WE. (Phone Bridge doc is at the bottom of page) >From there WE'd want to have a dedicated global 24/7 conference number which I'd suggest would be 94533 (wikied), and, if I see the list grow, I'll stay on caltech's case untli WE have it. That's step 2. There's a bit more work, and learning, to do for all of us in order to take it to step 3, where we have a virtual room numbered 94533 in which we can do all sorts of things. This sounds a bit convoluted I know, but it gives us an opportunity to turn a few institutional heads that are unaccustomed to building (industrial strength) solutions for global communities. We have to start somewhere. regards, simonfj PS I'd also be interested to see if you have any problems registering for ARCS 'FORUMS'. (andrew is the contact). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
