Storm Ideas, our innovations development arm, have secured a deal with University College Falmouth for collaborative workspace product, Colaab.

colaab will allow students across the schools of Art, Design, Media and Performance at University College Falmouth to review and collaborate on all kinds of resources, including video and massive images, in real time. It’s the ideal tool for Falmouth’s students because it exists 100% in the browser, so whether they’re in the classroom, workshops, studios or at home they will have instant access to their collaborative projects. colaab also supports a range of features, allowing users to communicate via an internal instant messaging application.

Bob Thomson, Storm Ideas co-founder, said: “Real-time collaboration is a huge meme for 2010 – we only saw the tip of the iceberg in last year’s global fascination with Google Wave. The ability to review a range of materials like this is going to be increasingly crucial as educational institutions seek to give their students the edge in a fast-moving working environment. We’re delighted that University College Falmouth is leading the way by adopting colaab.”

Ben Bull, Senior Learning Technologist at University College Falmouth said: “UCF has built a reputation for innovative arts pedagogy supported by a curriculum which allows students to develop their potential through creative problem solving, team-working and networking.

colaab is allowing us to enhance and develop these skills for a still more diverse cohort collaborating professionally across a range of disciplines within art, media, design and performance - be they on campus, in work or at home.”

You can find out more about Technology Ehnanced Learning at University College Falmouth by visiting their virtual learning envrionement (http://learningspace.falmouth.ac.uk) or their website (http://www.falmouth.ac.uk).

You can try out Colaab for yourself too.