Collective Intelligence,
Collaborative Spaces,
and the “yeah, so what” factor

Amanda Etches-Johnson

the next hour(ish)
• quick video
• brief recap
• the “yeah, so what?” factor
• breakout discussion
• discussion recap
• wrap

Collective Intelligence,
Collaborative Spaces,
and the “yeah, so what” factor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

hooray!
collaborative spaces
make it easy to plan
your next camping trip.

but what else
are they
good for?

SO
what?

SO
what?

in groups of 3-ish, talk
about why this
matters. then let us
know what you come
up with.
10 minutes

thanks for
listening &
participating!
http://library.mcmaster.ca/contact/etches-johnson-amanda

PS: all the wikis
highlighted here
are courtesy of
the Twitter hive
mind.
yes, really!

• Web 2.0 City: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gualtierocatrame/463128886/
• Wikis in Plain English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Citizendium: http://en.citizendium.org/
• Wikitionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/
• Medpedia: http://www.medpedia.com/ image credits
• wikiHow: http://www.wikihow.com/ and other stuff I
• MormonWiki: http://www.mormonwiki.com/ mentioned
• Davis Wiki: http://daviswiki.org/
• OSU Wiki: http://oregonstate.edu/webprojects/wiki/osu/
• Wookieepedia: http://starwars.wikia.com/
• WikiLeaks: http://wikileaks.org/
• Codev2: http://codev2.cc/
• Twitter status: http://twitter.com/etches/status/4897254859