Selecting Web 2.0 applications
When selecting Web 2.0 applications to use in our courses, there are some issues that we should be aware of. We already saw some privacy and safety aspects of this, so now let's have a look at some other aspects of it:
Ownership and licensing - The ownership of the works that we make available online should remain ours. With regard to licensing, the company that manages the Web application has the right to distribute our work (of course, this makes sense). The license that we provide to them shouldn't be too unrestricted, though. Always check the Terms of Service for this. There should also be tools to enable us, as authors, to attach a license to our works (as is the case with Flickr).
Formats - Services that use PNG, JPEG, Flash Video, MPEG-4, MP3, and all of the Web standards should be acceptable (HTML, XML, RSS).
Backup - All of the services should have a backup facility, or facilitate this in some way, especially if editing is performed online (as is...
