Here you can find a list of online tools which can facilitate communication and co-creation in collaborative research and practice.
Prezi
prezi.com
Prezi is a cloud-based (SaaS) presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas.The product employs a zooming user interface (ZUI), which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media, and allows users
to display and navigate through information within a 2.5D or parallax 3D space on the Z-axis.
Padlet
padlet.com
Padlet is an Internet application that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device.
Think of it like a multimedia friendly, free-form, real-time wiki.
Hangouts on Air
www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html
Hangouts on Air allow you to schedule broadcasts and go live in HD on Google+, YouTube, and your website. It will be recorded and automatically saved on your YouTube channel.
Host interactive conversations with people around the world. Take questions in advance from the community and answer the most popular ones live.
Control when your participants are visible, adjust their audio and video, select who’s on the big screen, add custom banners, and more.
Wordle
www.wordle.net
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images
you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
Well-sorted
www.well-sorted.org
Online Card Sorting in Three Easy Steps.
1.Decide on the items you want participants to sort and create a study online
2.Send a link to your participants so they can sort your items online
3.See the live results and instantly create data visualisations