If Google Wave lives up to even half of the hype surrounding its closed beta release it still will be an awesome product. Some are raising the notion that is could bring a number of web 2.0 concepts together and become a new tool for personal learning systems — and replacing the traditional course management system. But then again moving things to the Google cloud is not without its concerns, as recent outages highlight. And it may be that Wave doesn’t live up to its hype — time will tell.
Google argues that its new Google Wave system could replace e-mail by blending instant messaging, wikis, and image and document sharing into one seamless communication interface. But some college professors and administrators are more excited about Wave’s potential to be a course-management-system killer.
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Geeks Try Google Wave, Have Mixed Feelings
Google Wave is one of the most-hyped new product launches in recent memory, but now that thousands of lucky people are getting to try it out – early reactions are mixed. If the hard-core geeks aren’t sure if they like it, that could spell serious trouble for mainstream adoption.
First impressions of Google Wave ~ Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes
So, for now, it’s just a glorified content editing tool – and as that, not a very good one. Hoping for better down the line. This, meanwhile, is Liam Green-Hughes’s response: “Hype aside, as this is often no more than a distraction, my first impression is that this potentially is a very useful tool. I am looking forward to the system being opened up so anybody can register on it and use it, then being able to try it out on an actual project with many other people.”
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