some kind of web collaboration/webinar tool – ( dimdim or others) most have similar features and as long as you’ve actually DONE a webinar, not just listened to one, you’ll have picked up a bunch of experience! June’s BQ is… “what tools should we learn?&#. Tony’s question is fairly specific, but anchored in the “what did I learn that I’m glad I did&# vein.  First off, let me be clear.  I am not a programmer nor a developer, so my perspective is more from a trainer/learning manager’s point of view.   What did I miss on my list?  MORE >>

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. You can see the result below. But it was interesting to see the results exported which I've embedded below. 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). MORE >>

DimDim Often, a conference call isn't enough to collaborate effectively. DimDim , in my opinion is the easiest web-conferencing tool for your team, especially since its free for upto 20 people in a room! Take a look at the video above to see how cool DimDim really is and feel free to try it out -- it costs you nothing! 'Collaboration' seems to be the new buzzword in organisations today. In fact, Andrew McAfee suggest that instead of saying social software we use the term 'collaborative'. Here are a few tools that I find really useful for in team collaboration. enterprise2.0 MORE >>

Application Local Install Hosted Service Cost Model # of users Scheduling Video Conf Telephony Audio Conf VoIP Audio Conf Chat Desktop (Keyboard/Mouse) Sharing App Sharing File sharing Whiteboard Recording Interacts w/ LMS Integration w/ Enterprise Apps SSL Training Field Support Server Support URL Skype Y N Free 1-9* Y (1 to 1) Y* Y Y N N Y* Y N N N Low Low N/A [link] DimDim Y Y Free - Varies Varies Y - Y Y Y Y - Y Y - N Med-High [link] Elluminate Y Y Varies Varies Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y - Y Med-High [link] Elluminate V-Room N Y Free 3 Y - Y Y - Y Y N N - N None WebEx Pay Per Use.33 MORE >>

Get a license to Webex, Elluminate or something similar (perhaps even a free web conferencing tool like DimDim) to provide the capability to run live online sessions. E-learning in the workplace used to be the preserve of the large corporate or public body. Only they were able to afford the necessarily substantial investments in learning platforms and content development and had the large audiences against which these investments could be amortised. And only these major employers had the specialist technical skills and large l&d departments needed to support these investments. MORE >>