Lesson 12

Collaborative
Development
of ICT Content
Analyze the pictures shown and answer the items below.

If these people will create their web page, which would be more likely to
develop more interesting and better-quality content: Group or Team?
Justify
your answer.
A. Team Structure and Dynamics for ICT Content

A Group
involves people who work
independently to achieve its goal,
Team works interdependently
where each
member has a specific role or
function.
Thus, the team interacts
dynamically and adoptively to
Team Structure

• Team Structure refers to the creation of an individual

team or the creation of a multi-system.
• It is an essential component of the teamwork process.
• A well-structured team is an enabler for and the result
of effective communication, leadership, situation
monitoring, and support.
• An effective team structure works collaboratively. It is
the key to the success of the ICT project. Collaboration
means individuals work together to produce/ create a
well-defined content to achieve a common business
purpose.
Online Collaboration

Online collaboration is a work process where people are

interacting in real-time over the internet.
It provides a smooth process in the development of ICT content
even without working together physically.
A team must consider these Four (4) Parts of
Collaboration in a Flow Process while interacting with
team members:
• Sharing: documenting explicit knowledge
• Understanding: adopting the process knowledge
• Reflection: analyzing or interpreting shared
information
• Expression: the process of making known ones
thought or feelings
Team Members
An effective team structure is composed of efficient team
members who have specific roles and responsibilities.
These team members include:

Project Manager: An individual who has general

accountability for the successful initiation,
planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling,
and closure of a project.
Data Analyst: Someone who gathers, processes, and performs
statistical
analyses of Data. A person who is accountable in collecting
the data for ICT
content.
Team Members

Content Writer and Editor: A person

responsible for reviewing the data and
finalizes a complete of information.

The Web Designer – A person responsible for creating the

appearance,
layout, and elements of a website. The job involves
understanding both
The Webdesign
graphic Developer
and –computer
The person technically develops the
programming.
overall
functionalities of a web page.
Facebook page has similar team members
except for web designers and web developers
because Facebook already provides it.
Instead, the FB page includes other roles like
Moderator, Advertiser, and Jobs Manager.
B. Online Collaborative Tools and Processes

There are plenty of tools and platforms that are available

online, making online collaboration possible and convenient.

Online Collaborative Tools for Creation and Co-creation of ICT

Contents
Online collaborative tools for ICT content development
that may be used currently
include the following:
• Facebook Groups • Microsoft's Yammer
• G Suite • MS Office 365
• Google Chat/ Hangouts • Prezi
• Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides • Trello
• Google Drive • Zoom
• Microsoft Teams • Skype/ Viber/ Kakao Talk/
WeChat/ Line
Online Platforms for Hosting ICT Content

After creating and finalizing your content, it is

now ready to be published online.
Platforms that may be currently used to host
newsletters and similar ICT content include the
following:
• Presentation/ visualization (Prezi, Soho,
Slideshare, Mindmeister)
• Cloud computing (Google Apps)
• Social Media (Facebook Pages, Tumblr)
• Web Page Creation (Wix, Weebly)
• Blog sites (Blogger, Wordpress, Livejournal,
Issuu)
Characteristics of Good Collaborative Tools and Platforms

Always remember that there are no superior tools. The

productivity of a tool is dependent on the intended purpose of
the team. Hence, in choosing an appropriate tool, the team
must consider the following:
• The tool must be user friendly.
• The tool has elements that are appropriate for the team’s goal.
• The tool prioritizes security and privacy.
C. Project Management for ICT Content

• The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to

project activities is called Project Management. It is needed to
achieve project requirements, usually to time and budget.
• It includes overseeing projects for software development, hardware
• installations, network upgrades, cloud computing and virtualization
rollouts, business analytics, and data management projects and
implementing IT services.
• Project Management is done by applying and integrating project
management processes which are organized in five distinct phases:
C. Project Management for ICT Content

• The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to

project activities is called Project Management. It is needed to
achieve project requirements, usually to time and budget.
• It includes overseeing projects for software development, hardware
• installations, network upgrades, cloud computing and virtualization
rollouts, business analytics, and data management projects and
implementing IT services.
• Project Management is done by applying and integrating project
management processes which are organized in five distinct phases:
C. Project Management for ICT Content
Five Phases of Project Management
 Five Phases of Project Management

• Initiating - An overview of the objectives

of the project, needs, and the problem is
identified. It is where you create the
project charter with the Project Manager
assigned to the project.
• Planning - This is where a successful project
conclusion is worked out by the project manager
and the project team. The team brainstorms the
ICT theme to be published, together with the
collaborative tools and online platforms to be used.
 Five Phases of Project Management

• Executing - This is where the project team goes about executing

the project plan once the project plan has been constructed.
The curation of ICT content may occur in this phase for quality
assurance. Content writers and editors are essential in this
phase. After all the preparation has been done, publishing the
ICT content online may now take place.
• Monitoring and Controlling - This is where the project manager monitors
and controls the work for a time, cost, scope, quality, risk, and other factors
while the project is being executed. It is also an ongoing process that ensures
that the project meets its focus for each project objective. Other members,
primarily the web developer, may work in this phase collaboratively with the
project manager.
 Five Phases of Project Management

• Closing- This happens when each phase is

ended and when each entire
project is concluded. It happens to ensure
that all the work has been finished,
completed, and approved.
 D. Curating Existing Content for Use on the Web

Content curation is the process of publicly gathering,

organizing, adding value, and openly sharing digital information
artifacts on a specific topic or area of audience interest.
It intends to add your personal touch, as the creator, to a
handpicked collection of content. They are gathered from a variety
of sources, in a specific topic, that you publish and share with
your audience wherever they may be.
 D. Curating Existing Content for Use on the Web

Creating and Choosing Valuable ICT Content

The success of an online portal, page, or website is dependent upon its
content. The content must be exciting and worthy of the time of the specific
audience.
Thus, in developing ICT content, the team must consider the following steps in
creating and choosing valuable ICT content.
1. Define your objectives: specify the main goal that needs to be promoted in
your content.
2. Research and analyze: extract information from different resources regarding
the topic you want to write.
3. Organize the structure of your article: give an overview of your topic to help
readers understand what your topic is.
4. Summarize and proofread: create a summary of the information you have
gathered and analyzed to make sure your article is free of graphical errors.
 D. Curating Existing Content for Use on the Web

Three (3) Rules in Creating Quality Content

• Informative – it should provide valuable and

useful information to the reader.
• Interesting - it should catch the readers' attention
from the title to the last part of your content.
• Relevant – it should reflect how much you know
the subject of your
content enough and who it is being written to make
it relevant to both.