If your video sharing platform has built-in comments or a discussion board it also provides the opportunity for an actual dialogue to ensue with those aforementioned C-Suite members. Previously I’ve discussed the benefits and uses of micro-blogging , badging and virtual worlds inside an organization. It’s time to tackle video sharing. There are a few ways in which you can bring a YouTube like experience to your employees. You could use YouTube of course, but your security people might get a little wobbly in the knees on that one. 1) Social Learning. Well well well. MORE >>

Thus, the LMS-related questions for an organization to ask are as follows: Can our existing LMS provide these integrated features? If we can’t do that, then we should explore a brand new system altogether that provides everything we need to create the panacea experience. Last year, I wrote a piece entitled “ The Standalone LMS is Dead ”. Last week, Dave Wilkins of Learn.com wrote a piece entitled “ A Defense of the LMS (and a case for the future of social learning) ”. Let the fireworks begin. What I like most about Dave, however, is that he’s a devoted family man. Period. Bingo. MORE >>

argue they can utilize The Educational T and provide a much greater experience to their customers. Education, and specifically the art of designing, developing and delivering it, is far too often interpreted as an exercise in content depth. Moreover, it is continuously relegated to formal instructor-led or eLearning formats. To shift to the ‘connected learning’ model, where learning is part formal, informal and social, education purists might assist the overall evolution of the industry (from antiquated to purposeful) by employing the use of The Educational T. Why don’t they? MORE >>

Those SM entries are not bad; they are merely providing the flow to knowledge, not the knowledge itself. For many, SM provides the flow toward the knowledge itself. While I was enjoying a separation from the external world of social media this past summer, George Siemens of Athasbasca University , authored a very stirring if not controversial post entitled “ Losing interest in social media: there is no there there “  . At over 80 comments strong, (mostly professional, some venomous) it seems to have ignited a rather distinctive debate. Is it substantive? mostly ). MORE >>

In conclusion, the three stages (knowledge, engagement / network, and performance) actually help provide a framework for what JP Rangaswami refers to as “ The Maker Generation ” eventually leading to organizational culture change. Now that I’m on a mission to merge the terms Social Business and Enterprise 2.0 and rephrase as Collaboration , I thought it would be a good time to introduce “ The Collaboration Curve ”.  . Over a period of time, and as collaboration methods between citizens increase (employee to employee, employee to customer, student to faculty, etc.), 78, No. 1360-1380 ). MORE >>