This is not a post about social computing deploying/piloting/adoption in general. may cover these posts at a later date, as my post today is more on adoption or participation at the group level. Following on from my post on workshopping and piloting a new community are the adoption factors a facilitator can massage to get participation off the ground. There is an unintentional resistance, and this can be facilitated or nurtured with some points about adoption. Sometimes people will only adopt if their close colleagues are participating. Lounge forum. MORE >>

Adoption Council member and Canadian). There is an online discussion happening over at LearnTrends  you might be interested in as well. If you are in fact utilizing the SharePoint Learning Kit, there is a forum entitled the Learning Gateway User Group that you might like to visit. adoption council collaboration formal informal learnerprise sharepoint social Since 2001, Microsoft has sold well over 100 million licenses  of SharePoint generating more than $1 billion / year in revenue. Enter SharePoint 2010, due to release in Q2 of 2010. SharePoint 2010 has better 2.0 MORE >>

Examples include web conferencing or webinar, forums, instant messaging and blogs. However, the technologies may not have been well adopted. Integrating these technologies into a learning strategy can help the technologies be adopted into other parts of the business. As learners of an online program become more comfortable sharing their thoughts and experiences on discussion forums, they also become more familiar with the principles of online knowledge sharing. Monitor the adoption of language and knowledge across the business. So, there you have it. MORE >>

Examples include web conferencing or webinar, forums, instant messaging and blogs. However, the technologies may not have been well adopted. Integrating these technologies into a learning strategy can help the technologies be adopted into other parts of the business. As learners of an online program become more comfortable sharing their thoughts and experiences on discussion forums, they also become more familiar with the principles of online knowledge sharing. Monitor the adoption of language and knowledge across the business. So, there you have it. MORE >>

Whether in a classroom setting, via an online course or otherwise, the resident subject matter expert (SME) within the organisation typically provides the learner with a programmed sequence of knowledge, carefully scaffolding their learning and – to adopt a cognitivist view – construct a basic framework of knowledge in the learner’s mind. For example: Discussion forums (synchronous or asynchronous) allow the learner to ask questions, clarify concepts and share experiences. News feeds, podcasts, blogs, wikis and discussion forums. Instructivism is dead. MORE >>