Google Docs is where I do most of my collaboration with SMEs. Wikispaces is also my preferred wiki for small group work in courses, unless the work is simple enough to use the internal Sakai wiki. Tags: Lifelong Learning Tools Captivate Diigo Sakai Google Docs Skype Jane Hart top ten tools Google Reader Wordpress Wikipedia Dreamweaver I’m updating my Top Ten Tools for Learning for Jane Hart’s Top 100 list. decided this year that I wouldn’t look at my 2007 or 2008 lists first and would just start fresh. Personal Learning. Developing Courses. MORE >>

Carrying on from my previous post on “Learning Tools: for the Learner&# Jane Hart has produced the following list for the best  tools for learning professionals (in no particular order) to help them create learning solutions: Delicious Twitter Skype SlideShare Google (Reader, Docs, Search) Audacity Moodle Ning PowerPoint Snagit This is a really good list of some very good tools. And here comes the but … most of these [.]. MORE >>

Informal         Reference docs/job aids. Social                  Wikis. Internet Time Alliance spent a couple of days last week putting the 2.0 into a tedious proposal for a large, forward-facing multinational corporation. Among our recommendations were: Informal         Live webcasts. Informal         Recorded webinars. Informal         Video conferencing. Informal         Workshops. Informal         Audio/ podcasts. Informal         Learnshop. Informal         Case Studies. Informal         Non-formal video. Informal         Discussion group/ forum. Informal         SharePoint. MORE >>

For some (inexplicable) reason, Google Docs does not. also heavily use Wikis, especially when the desired result is a set of web pages. recommend pbWiki as an easy to use Wiki solution. If you are not familiar with Wikis - here's a quick introduction - Here are additional resources for people new to Wikis collected as part of the Work Literacy course : 5 Uses for a Wiki at Work Wikis as Personal Space Examples of Educational Wikis Horizon Project --Vicki Davis's "Flat Classroom Project"--outstanding example of how to use a wiki for learning. MORE >>

The creation of blogs and wikis has enabled a very different approach: the real-time open forum. Wikis Another emerging, collaborative online platform useful for business is the Wiki. It is named after the Hawaiian word for "quick" and perhaps even the Honolulu airport buses known as "Wiki Wikis." A wiki is a Web site that can easily be edited by anyone visiting it. Now the Wiki format is being used by corporations for internal project collaboration, information sharing and knowledge management. If Doc Searls says it or writes it, believe it. MORE >>