Connect with the Community (Activity)

Title	Getting connected with the community
Overview	learners should get familiar with different communication tools (such as iRC, TitanPad, Skype etc.) that are commonly used by the Open Source community.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Learning Objectives	In this activity learners will: - familiarize with different communication tools (such as iRC, TitanPad, Skype etc.) that are freely available for everyone. - explore interactions and find out how different open source software development communities (HFOSS in particular) use these tools to perform efficient communications among their members.

Additional Information:

Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit	HCI/Collaboration and Communication
Topic	The are several topics: - Asynchronous group communication, e.g., e-mail, forums, social networks - Synchronous group communication, e.g., chat rooms, conferencing, online games - Social media, social computing, and social network analysis - Online collaboration, 'smart' spaces, and social coordination aspects of workflow technologies - Online communities
Level of Difficulty	EASY
Estimated Time to Completion	50 minutes
Materials/Environment
Author	Razvan A. Mezei
Source	50 ways
License	Licensed CC BY-SA

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