1. Videoconferencing, Collaboration and the Internet2 Commons
Eyes on the Future:
Videoconferencing, Collaboration and the Internet2 Commons
18 January 2019

2. Internet2 Commons Jonathan Tyman Tyman@internet2.edu John Krienke
Cheryl Munn-Fremon
OSU/OARnet
Bob Dixon
Megan Troyer
Gabe Moulton
Commons Management Team
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3. Internet2 Commons Mission
Promote and facilitate remote collaboration throughout the Internet2 research and education community by means of innovative and integrated, standards-based Internet technologies.
Build on useful technologies to create collaboration services that are: sustainable, scalable, affordable.
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4. “3-D” Collaboration Voice – Video – Data Must be Reliable and Easy
Reliability currently depends on a stable physical environment with tested A/V & network infrastructure
Ease of use currently depends on an intermediary (site coordinator/node operator) who masks complexity
Successful implementation enables…
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5. Room-based Collaboration
A stable, media-rich environment where multiple channels deliver information (professional IT assistance not pictured)
Dynamic
charts
Second
screen
lecture
Communal
note taking
messaging
Slide courtesy:
Parvati Dev, Stanford University
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6. “Desktop” collaboration tools go anywhere
What about me?
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7. “Desktop” Collaboration
Need mobility & dis-intermediation
Requires user-friendly tools with solid performance
All-in-one solution for everbody: totally inter-operable Videoconferencing, VoIP, POTS, IM, Data Collaboration, Shared Apps, Remote controls…
AG, VRVS, IMFirst, WebOffice, Conf XP, WaveThree Session, Click-to-Meet…
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8. Specialized desktop solution
Or, instead of the “Swiss Army Knife”
Specialized functionality designed for content communities with unique, possibly transient, need-sets
Tools likely will be created for and by community members with IT skills specifically for the current application with no eye to scalability or longevity
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9. Complexity? No problem
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10. Community and Technology
New esthetics & personae emerge as we establish complex virtual relationships mediated by the internet.
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