Open Source software for developing Multi-User Virtual Worlds.
Could this technology - social networking software - though not a new one anymore, help students connect with one another as well as experts across the world?
Groupboard is a set of multi-user java applets including whiteboard, chat, message board, games and voice conferencing which you can place on your web page by simply copying a few lines of html code. You can also run Groupboard on your own web server. It
An impressive Web 2.0 application for visual collaborators. I can imagine using this to screncast on concepts too.
includes desktop sharing in Skype
This is fantastic. This builds upon what you can do with mindmapping or concept mapping tools to bring in dialogic mapping and many other features.