http://thedesignspace.net/ My daily explorations, troubleshooting, solutions and discoveries. en-us ellen@thedesignspace.net Fri, 21 May 2010 11:11:26 -0500 http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000780.html This is a talk I gave recently to a group of educator/trainers within the U of M Health System. Although it contains many UMHS-specific references, the concepts outlined in it can be applied to other training environments as well. There's nothing particularly original here, just some suggestions for how to select among different technologies commonly available. This was the... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000762.html I recently had the task of creating a new theme for a Confluence-based corporate wiki in time for a big launch date. There were a few restrictions on how I could do this, including: There is no user access to the Space's Page Layout features, which means that any changes needed there must be sent to an administrator to be... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000751.html The pagetree plugin for Confluence is a commonly used navigation widget for the popular wiki. There are now 2 versions: the older "pagetree" and the newer "pagetree2" which has several improvements, including a less cluttered look. The older version displays the standard Confluence page icons next to each node of the tree, whereas these can be hidden (and usually are)... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000742.html In trying to gain some understanding of collaboration patterns, I came across an interesting article that proposes a layered ontology or model of collaboration that reconciles the many ideas on collaboration patterns expressed elsewhere. Towards an ontology of collaboration patterns proposes a "collaboration stack" which clarifies the relationship of collaboration patterns to collaborative services and to the underlying communication technologies.... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000736.html Once you've created a shared online space for your coworkers, you may discover with some frustration that it doesn't receive the level of interest you are hoping for. One reason for this reluctance to contribute may be lack of structure. Wikis don't make a lot of assumptions about how you want to structure or navigate through your data, and this...