[OSList] OS with remote participants - state of the art

[Lisa Heft]

Paul - my advice for anything which is wishing to approximate a face- 
to-face dynamic / process / experience - however having it (or part of  
it) be virtual / online / remote inclusion:

Know very very well what the face-to-face human dynamics are - of  
access, inclusion, differences in visible and felt responses, how the  
'room' feels, what supports and honors individual thinkers as well as  
topics that larger numbers of people join, and how the facilitator is,  
is present, holds the space (visibly and invisibly) and so on. How  
diverse people absorb and share information (some through text, some  
audio, some not, some kinesthetic, some graphic)... and then find (and  
explore) the technology that expands or approximates how the humans  
are in that face to face. So that whenever you think of adding /  
selecting technology, it is used in service to the process / as an  
extension of how diverse humans already interact - rather than the  
process or humans fitting in to an already-decide-upon tool or  
platform. Also that thinking about whether having everyone across time  
zones connecting in real time is favorable (to have a felt sense of  
shared space), whether online workspaces or interactive notes  
platforms in-between 'meetings' are held and felt (rather than feeling  
like a little isolated breakout room way way down the hall in the  
other building), and so on.

Our colleagues here are doing many amazing experiments, analysis,  
reflection and re-tooling of various online tools and platforms, and  
they will share this here with you.
So my comment is more about 'which tool is best' but 'think about how  
you use the tool to approximate, enhance and engage the humans and the  
human dynamics.'

Lisa

On Jul 28, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Paul Nunesdea wrote:

> Dear Listers,
>
> Apologies if this is a repeated theme but in my last OS hybrid  
> meeting I was challenged by the immense difficulty of having remote  
> participants to participate in the marketplace and then running the  
> corresponding breakout sessions. We managed great content production  
> nevertheless with the support of Google Hangouts and an Agile tool  
> called Symphony adapted for 'marketplace' but I would figure that  
> there could be better tools out there.
>
> I also have recently participated in a post WOSonOS with an audio  
> web-conference platform that allowed breakout groups and this worked  
> well in conjunction with a Google shared doc although the small  
> group 'audio' organization was not that smooth process I thought it  
> should be.
>
> I recently inquired in another forum about BlackBoard (BB)  
> Collaborate and bellow is an answer I have got. I figure that this  
> platform could be well suited for OS hybrid meetings, specially  
> because it allows for flip-charts in the breakout rooms.
>
> Has someone experienced using BB Collaborate in OS? Any other  
> experiences in supporting OS hybrid meetings with remote participants?
>
> Also if it is not asking too much... what would be the major advice  
> in order to keep OS as effective as it can be whilst having people  
> attending remotely?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul

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