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Are We Approaching Collaborative eLearning Wrong? - The Individual is the New Group

Tony Karrer

But, he also linked to a great post: The Individual is the New Group - where he points out that the classic notion of groupware has been falling out of favor and instead the concept of soloware with extension for collaboration (think blog vs. discussion group) is gaining adoption.

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Computer-Based Training: Definition, Benefits and Cost

Epilogue Systems

CBT can be used to train employees on new software programs, company policies, or safety procedures. The main distinction between CBT and WBT is that WBT is a form of CBT that makes use of Internet technology and comprises application software on the Web. What is Computer-Based Training (CBT)? To conclude.

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Breaking eggs

Learning with e's

My chapter appears in an edited volume by Stylianos Hatzipanagos and Steven Warburton on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies. It is a solid reference manual for best practice of social software tools in teaching and learning. As is the case with all IGI Reference books it is very overpriced.

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How to Stay on Top of Training Demand? Know the Alternatives

Mindflash

&# Organizations of all sizes are moving so fast, that as soon as we finish learning something new about products, customers, a change in the competitive landscape, or how to use a new software system, something new comes along to replace it. New learning is once again needed. That’s life in the L&D trenches. Enterprise 2.0

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General Physics Launches Performance-driven Learning Solution for Marketing Teams by Learning Solutions Staff

LearningGuild

Example: Rumor has it that Groupware was started as a series of custom projects Lotus was doing for one of its big installations of Notes. Your accounting software blows up. Example: Google Docs doesn’t need to match Microsoft Office feature for feature, as its value proposition is about the cloud.

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The Power of Peer Production

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

Instead of forcing people into predetermined groups like groupware does, social software facilitates the natural formation of groups based on spontaneous, contextual needs for interaction. Affiliation through personal choice: "Peer production is the most efficient method for creating value from a resource allocation point of view.

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The key to understanding what’s going on

Jay Cross

Here’s a mid-2003 article from an internal newsletter from Deloitte: Social Software: Get Affiliated. Social Software: Get Affiliated. Want to understand the emerging world of social software? While the technology is nothing spectacular, social software is one of the catalysts of the change. What is social software?