Publications

Conferencing Software for the Web

Comprehensive guide to software that powers discussions on the internet. Updated continuously.

The Right Tool for the Job: Choosing Tools for Collaborative Work Online

Presentation by David R. Woolley at the Virtual Team and Leadership Strategies conference in March 2004. (Requires Adobe Flash Player)

Web Conferencing: Not as scary as it seems!

Article by David R. Woolley for Microsoft's "Office Online," July 2005

Sound Choices: Using Audio in Web Conferences

Article by David R. Woolley for Microsoft's "Office Online," Sept 2005

How to Make Web Conferencing an Enterprise Standard

A Ziff Davis Media online seminar featuring David Woolley, President of Thinkofit, Alan Greenberg, Senior Analyst at Wainhouse Research, and Matthew Hicks, online reporter for eWEEK.com. Recorded in April 2004.

The Future of Web Conferencing

Robin Good interviews David Woolley about how conferencing tools will evolve over the next few years.
Oct 2003

Extending the Dialog: Using Web Forums to Complement Your Web Conferencing Event

Live seminar by David R. Woolley and Griff Wigley, March 2002.

Evolving Software for Evolving Communities

David R. Woolley's session from the conference "Return On Investment: Can your community pay the bills?", July 2001.

The Future of Web Conferencing

by David R. Woolley, June 1998
Chapter for a never-published book, Web-based Computer Conferencing, edited by Paulette Robinson.

Choosing Web Conferencing Software

by David R. Woolley, Nov 1996
Presented at the 1996 International University Consortium Conference on WWW Course Development & Delivery.

Making Online Forums Work for Community Networks

by David R. Woolley, Jan 1998
Article written for the Association For Community Networking Newsletter.

Presentation Features of Text-based Conferencing Systems on the WWW

by Daniel LaLiberte & David R. Woolley, May 1997
Paper published in Computer Mediated Communication Magazine.

Conferencing on the Web

by David R. Woolley, Aug 1994; revised April 1995 for 2nd edition
Chapter for the book World Wide Web Unleashed by John December & Neil Randall.

Is the World Wide Web Ready for Serious Distance Education Delivery?

Transcript of David R. Woolley's session from the International Council for Distance Education World Conference, June 1995.

PLATO: The Emergence of Online Community

by David R. Woolley, Jan 1994
Originally published in John S. Quarterman’s Matrix News.

Between PLATO and the Social Media Revolution

by David R. Woolley, May 1983