In fact, I would argue that training or education developed in an open source (or collaborative) manner is more likely to be more effective, more accurate, and of higher quality as compared to “materials” developed in the “traditional” manner. What would you say if I told you that I know where you can find some FREE , HIGH QUALITY , and REUSABLE courses, modules, and lesson plans?  I I guess your answer depends on who you are.  A

It found that 70% believe collaboration and knowledge sharing are vital for driving revenue cutting costs and health and safety. Department of Labor salary statistics).. “During this time of economic upheaval, when every dollar counts and effective decision-making is crucial, new technologies such as social media tools can help oil and gas industry professionals find information, collaborate and generally be more productive,” Ali Faramawy, vice-president, Microsoft International said. “In an environment with fewer workers and less resources, this is incremental productivity

Old ways of measuring the productivity and success of a learning community were appropriate for traditional, linear kinds of training, but not for more advanced, collaborative (or social) learning environments. Organizations are either actively considering or have recently started deploying enterprise social media to enable social learning.  Such Such companies have come to realize that key to their success are productive and vibrant learning communities.

BT was most intrigued by the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint solution that runs on Microsoft SharePoint as it would leverage existing technologies and investments, align with BT’s knowledge management and collaboration strategies, and address the key challenges and goals expressed by the BT Learning Council.  Follow this link to read about BT’s experience with social learning.  Yours truly Yours truly was involved with this project - read my quote in the case study.  Peter

I was reading a report (Horizon 2009) and found three trends affecting the practice of learning and collaboration that I thought was worth sharing. Increasing globalization continues to affect the way we work, collaborate, and communicate . Information technologies are having a significant impact on how people work, play, gain information, and collaborate . Increasingly, those who use technology in ways that expand their global connections a re more likely to advance , while those who do not will find themselves on the sidelines. With the growing availability

As I mentioned in Real-Time Collaborative Editing , I had a fantastic experience participating in group editing of a Mind Map of collaborative tools during a session at Learn Trends. I would expect the document to continue to grow and change, but thought it would be worth having it available in a text format as well (so I can find it when I need it). Screen-Sharing GoToMeeting ( link ) eBLVD ( link ) ConnectNow ( link ) Microsoft Shared View Crossloop ( link ) Yuuguu ( link )

In other words - How do we collaborate together in remote work teams to be as effective or even more effective than a team that works down the hall? Let me admit that I'm likely in over my head when talking about methods and tools for collaboration. At the core, when I look at what a team needs, it's a pretty simple list: Real-time Voice Screen Sharing Document Editing (sometimes) Asynchronous Share / collaborate My primary interest here are the methods and tools that allow us to work better as part of remote work teams. I cannot claim to be an expert, and I feel like

I’ve been slicing and dicing our Authoring Tool KnowledgeBase and doing some online research in response to a question about collaborative rapid authoring tools that developers in multiple locations can use. Collaborative across locations = Server-based authoring environment that one or more content developers access simultaneously using their browser for collaborative authoring. Thought I’d share what I found for three reasons - (1) hopefully to provide some valuable information, (2) to see who I may have missed so I can add them and/or get them added to our KnowledgeBase (3) to let you know about the type of client-driven research we do at Brandon Hall Research.

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We might want to think that technology is changing the way we collaborate and yes that's true! Managers are starting to think differently, staff definitely has a mind of their own and are more empowered each day and the focus on collaboration is much more than we saw even 3-4 years back. Most firms worth their name have some sort of collaborative document management system in place. There's a shift happening and its all around us. We may not be a part of that shift yet, but I'm sure each one of us will soon be.