EXAM 3 MIS 200 UNIVERSITY OF
ALABAMA CRAIG FULDA FALL 2025
synchronous - -occurs at the same time
- asynchronous - -not coordinated in time
- collaboration - -two or more people working together to complete a task or
achieve a goal
- Electronic Communication tools - -Description: Tools allowing users to
convey verbal and written information and send files, documents, or other
content
Instances: Fax, email, voice mail, blogs, wikis, static websites
Examples: MS Outlook, Blogger, Wikipedia
- Electronic Conferencing Tools - -Description: Tools allowing information
sharing and rich interactions between users
Instances: Internet forums, instant messaging, application sharing,
videoconferencing
Examples: Apple FaceTime, Teams, Google Meet, WebEx,
Zoom
- Collaboration Management Tools - -Description: Tools used to facilitate
virtual or co-located meetings and manage group activities
Instances: Electronic calendars, knowledge management systems, intranets,
online document systems
Examples: Google Docs, MS Office
365, MS SharePoint, Microsoft Whiteboard
- Intranet - -A local or restricted communications network
- Employee Portal - -online employee engagement platform that puts a
range of HR services at the employee's fingertips
- Web 2.0 technologies - -enable social media and change how people
interact
- The Semantic Web - --A set of design principles that will allow computers
to better index web pages, topics, and subjects with machine-interpretable
metadata (data about data)
• Will lead to more meaningful interpretations providing enhanced search
results
, - Web 3.0 - -• Also know as Web3
• Centered around mobility
• The contextual web where tremendous amount of content available to
users will be filtered by contextual factors (time, location, etc.)
• Decentralized, open to everyone, with a bottom-up design built on top of
blockchain technologies
- Blogs - -Short for weblogs
• process of keeping an online text diary made up of chronological entries
• Critics call this "amateurization of journalism"
- Microblogging - -• Post news to customers
• Examples include X (Twitter), Threads, etc.
- vlog - -video blog
- Instant Messaging - -Enables multiple participants to have conversations
- Media sharing - -Flickr, Instagram, Vimeo, YouTube, SlideShare, etc.
- Tagging - -• Manually adding metadata to media to other content
• Examples: @ to tag a person, # to indicate a topic and group with similar
topics, geotagging, etc.
• Tag clouds can be used to visualize user-generated content on a site
- Content Management Systems (CMS) - -• Examples: Wordpress, Wix,
Squarespace, etc.
• Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Blackboard is an example
- Collective Intelligence - -• Open source software
• Wikis
- information technology - -Benefit: Reduced costs and risks when using
preexisting, easily deployed, and low-cost web-based tools (versus in-house
development tools
Loss: Loss of control regarding data and service quality (data and tools will
likely reside on the provider's server)
- organization - -Benefit: Tools are easy to use, facilitating widespread
adoption throughout an organization
Loss: Little or no documentation, training, or support for system complexities
or problems
ALABAMA CRAIG FULDA FALL 2025
synchronous - -occurs at the same time
- asynchronous - -not coordinated in time
- collaboration - -two or more people working together to complete a task or
achieve a goal
- Electronic Communication tools - -Description: Tools allowing users to
convey verbal and written information and send files, documents, or other
content
Instances: Fax, email, voice mail, blogs, wikis, static websites
Examples: MS Outlook, Blogger, Wikipedia
- Electronic Conferencing Tools - -Description: Tools allowing information
sharing and rich interactions between users
Instances: Internet forums, instant messaging, application sharing,
videoconferencing
Examples: Apple FaceTime, Teams, Google Meet, WebEx,
Zoom
- Collaboration Management Tools - -Description: Tools used to facilitate
virtual or co-located meetings and manage group activities
Instances: Electronic calendars, knowledge management systems, intranets,
online document systems
Examples: Google Docs, MS Office
365, MS SharePoint, Microsoft Whiteboard
- Intranet - -A local or restricted communications network
- Employee Portal - -online employee engagement platform that puts a
range of HR services at the employee's fingertips
- Web 2.0 technologies - -enable social media and change how people
interact
- The Semantic Web - --A set of design principles that will allow computers
to better index web pages, topics, and subjects with machine-interpretable
metadata (data about data)
• Will lead to more meaningful interpretations providing enhanced search
results
, - Web 3.0 - -• Also know as Web3
• Centered around mobility
• The contextual web where tremendous amount of content available to
users will be filtered by contextual factors (time, location, etc.)
• Decentralized, open to everyone, with a bottom-up design built on top of
blockchain technologies
- Blogs - -Short for weblogs
• process of keeping an online text diary made up of chronological entries
• Critics call this "amateurization of journalism"
- Microblogging - -• Post news to customers
• Examples include X (Twitter), Threads, etc.
- vlog - -video blog
- Instant Messaging - -Enables multiple participants to have conversations
- Media sharing - -Flickr, Instagram, Vimeo, YouTube, SlideShare, etc.
- Tagging - -• Manually adding metadata to media to other content
• Examples: @ to tag a person, # to indicate a topic and group with similar
topics, geotagging, etc.
• Tag clouds can be used to visualize user-generated content on a site
- Content Management Systems (CMS) - -• Examples: Wordpress, Wix,
Squarespace, etc.
• Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Blackboard is an example
- Collective Intelligence - -• Open source software
• Wikis
- information technology - -Benefit: Reduced costs and risks when using
preexisting, easily deployed, and low-cost web-based tools (versus in-house
development tools
Loss: Loss of control regarding data and service quality (data and tools will
likely reside on the provider's server)
- organization - -Benefit: Tools are easy to use, facilitating widespread
adoption throughout an organization
Loss: Little or no documentation, training, or support for system complexities
or problems
