Webcast: Collaboration and Collective Intelligence
Webcast: Collaboration and Collective Intelligence
This panel discussion was recorded at MIT on April 27, 2007. The program runs about 90 minutes.
Moderator:
Thomas W. Malone
Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
MODERATOR:
Thomas W. Malone
Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
MODERATOR: Thomas W. Malone
Sloan Faculty Profile page
Malone's page on the Center for Coordination Science site
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
PANELISTS:
Trebor Scholz: Assistant Professor of Media Study, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Scholz's SUNY Buffalo webpage
IDC website
Cory Ondrejka: Chief Technology Officer, Linden Lab
Ondrejka's site on Linden Lab
Mizuko (Mimi) Ito: Research Scientist, USC Annenberg Center for Communication
Ito's website
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