I have been patiently waiting for a video solution with quality as good as, if not better, than Apple's iChat AV which would also work cross-platform and be easy to use. Finally SightSpeed has come to the rescue.
The eduMEET platform has been developed by the Research and Education community for the community. Enabling Institutions to build a low-cost, easy-to-use VC platform for small to medium sized groups.
At one extreme, Unconferences can be totally unscheduled meetups, with no set topics (just an umbrella theme), self-organized in real time using Open Space or some similar technique. At the other...well, we've all been to Conferences! In between? Facilita
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