Here are the recent products of ACT's knowledge building and dissemination activities. They include: writings, databases, presentations, training materials, seminars, lectures, etc. For a long list of older products please see the archives.

...and the Supporting Cyberinfrastructure. Slides from the invited talk by Daniel E. Atkins at the Forum to Consider the Implication for Research Libraries and Research Institutions, October 15, 2004 in Washington, DC. (In PDF).
...for Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Knowledge
Communities (CKCs). By Daniel E. Atkins. In: Proceedings of Chinese Digital Library Conference, September 2004, Beijing, China. (In PDF). Also available: slides from the invited address (in PDF)
...and the Potential for Revolutionizing Science/
Engineering Research and Education. Slides from a talk given by Prof. Daniel E. Atkins at the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, England on July 5, 2004. (In PDF)
Slides from a talk given by Prof. Daniel E. Atkins at the 9th OECD/Japan Seminar, December 11, 2003, Tokyo, Japan (In PDF)
Daniel E. Atkins.
in: "Digital Libraries : a Vision for the 21st Century". University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2003
Daniel E. Atkins.
This chapter is part of a series describing the impact of information technology (IT) on transforming various economic and social dimensions of our world and in particular focuses on the impact of IT on transforming knowledge-intensive activities, especially research and learning. (In PDF)
Vlad Wielbut
This brochure offers practical guidance in adopting the best tools and methods for synchronous, as opposed to asynchronous, teaching and learning. [In MS Word format. Also available in PDF (warning: much larger file...)]
Detailed comparison - in table form - of 7 leading suites for real-time Web conferencing: Centra, Marratech, PictureTalk, vClass, LiveMeeting, Webex, Horizon Live.
Groupware database Searchable database of reviewed and rated social software tools with feature descriptions , indentified strengths and weaknesses, links to producers, screenshots, and more.
Demonstration library
 A repository of short, self-contained video clips in the area of collaboration technology.

Berlin, May 1-4, 2002

ACT shared its experiences with global education at the World Congress on Networked Learning in a Global Environment, held in the capital of Germany.
List of Conferences, Meetings, Workshop, and other events related to Community Technology. Provides dates, locations, and brief descriptions of missions and/or objectives of these events.
  1. Events of 2005
  2. Events of 2004
This is our attempt to create an exhaustive list of all the known features of major collaborative technologies available on the Internet today.
Cogburn, D.L. (in press). “Globally-Distributed Collaborative Learning and Human Capacity Development in the Knowledge Economy.” In Mulenga, D. (ed.), Globalization and Lifelong Education: Critical Perspectives. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
This multimedia presentation (slide show with synchronized video and audio) gives an overview of Web-based tools that belong to a category known as groupware. NOTE: RealMedia player and fast connection (better than 56 kbps modem) are required for playback.

Madison, WI, August 10, 2001

Vlad Wielbut (Community Technology Specialist, ACT) presented at the Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Madison, WI.

Insiders' Account of a Successful Experiment, by Debasish Dutta and Vlad Wielbut. Article describing an innovative course in engineering, entitled "Global Product Realization",  offered for the first time in Fall  2000 simultaneously to students in the US, in the Netherlands, and in South Korea. It was delivered via a blend of videoconferencing and Web-based tools. (In HTML.)