About 3C

Collaborative Cyber Community [3C] is a collaborative learning platform developed to facilitate effective group participation regardless of physical location. Chairmen and Professor of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Professor Chen Nian-Shing, has developed the Learning Management System primarily for Distance Education.

However the platform is also used for a variety of management and research cooperation activities.  It provides many tools useful in the conduct of meetings and the exchange of information.  It incorporates full video conferencing facilities with interactive whiteboard capacity all using IP on the Internet.  A very nice feature is the recording of all information for subsequent review and maintenance of records.  We use it for the complete administrative operation of TWCERT/CC where we have people located throughout Taiwan and Internationally.

The platform is also used by the "K12 Digital School" in all Taiwan Counties.  In addition it is used by the AJET project for collaboration with teachers and students internationally.  Internationally it is used by Professors from a range of countries to facilitate collaboration on research projects.

This facility is made available for intellectually adventuresome people to facilitate collaboration with the research and development team.  You need an account and password to explore the platform.  There would be no administrative overhead for you as the program resides on a server at the University.  A small client resides on the user computer.  The limitation is that it is Windows based.  Because it is primarily a Learning Management System there are the necessary account and password access requirements. 

The first requirement is that you are using the Windows Operating System and IE Browser.  To enable full functionality you need to download and install, a small [free] client to your machine.  Please go to:

<http://www.homemeeting.com/en_US/download.asp>

and install JoinNet ver 4.1 [or later].

then go to:

<http://ykn.k12.edu.tw>

and log into the system.

The first time you log into the platform it will ask you to complete registration which includes selection of your menu language.  Chinese and English are the options at present.

The process now requires you to log in again and you will be given access to the platform tools.  Please give it a try.

For the synchronous interactive meeting facility you need earphones and a microphone.  A web cam is a desirable extra.  To join an open interactive meeting, after login and selecting the relevant Course, you use the Menu selections "Interactive" then "Online Chatroom".  Your JoinNet Client should automatically activate and you should be present in the meeting online.