Real-Time Collaborative Editing : eLearning Technology

Real-Time Collaborative Editing : eLearning Technology

Dr. Tony Karrer is a powerful person in not only eLearning field but also corporate training. After reading his simple autobiography, I wonder to know how he succeeds in his career. Then, by chance, I came across a post posted in August 2006; the post is about "Managing RSS Feeds: eLearning Technology".Here is the link: http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/08/managing-your-rss-feeds.html
I was so amazed by the way he manages RSS feeds. It also proves one thing that he constantly enriches himself and find out the latest information. Maybe this is the answer to my question above. At this point, I can't help having another question: why are some people so sensative about the new information and trend? Because the work pushes them? Or because they are the authorities in a certain field to lead the people?
I read another post "Real-Time Collaborative Editing: eLearning Technology". At the end of article, he mentions, "It's exciting to see real-time collaboration (something I worked on 15 years ago while I was a Ph.D student) finally taking off in the real-world."Wow! How did he realize that one day, people will need to collect the notes with real-time collaborative editor while meeting?

Back to the topic, I think this kind of editing tool really enhances the interactivity among the people attending the meeting and also the efficiency of making an agreement, because by reading others' notes, it is easy to undersand each other. This tool can be best applied in the small group meeting, since in the document area, texts are color -coded by who are interested in it. If we get too many people, different colors may dazzle the people, right?
Compared to Google Docs, it seems that it is much better.
This post also reminds me of the bad experience working with my team members in Google Docs.
It drove me nuts!!
Google Docs can not update the information immediately; this latency made us so confused when editing the document.
Therefore, I think if this new tool "EtherPad" is so easy to use as Dr. Tony Karrer said, it should be popular for not only corporate meetings but also students' writing group paper.