Yesterday I gave a short webinar to the Learning & Skills Group. Don Taylor, Chairman, asked me to talk about how you choose a social and collaboration platform, as he thought this would be a topical discussion in the light of some people's concerns with the changes at Ning.
So this webinar looked at 10 criteria for considering such a platform (and used Ning as my benchmark), then I gave a tour of 3 very different platforms, and finally compared them against the 10 criteria I had listed up front.
The first question that was asked after the presentation was how it all fits together with other systems in the organisation, and in particular the LMS, but it also seemed clear to me that many participants were still focusing entirely on creating and managing e-courses , rather than thinking about how they could support learning in all forms that take place in the organisation.
So since this is very much my view and the angle from which I approached this presentation, if you haven't already read my article, State of Learning in the Workplace Today, I would recommend you do so before viewing the presentation, since it summarises how I, and many others, believe that workplace learning is evolving.
The presentation appears below, and sites mentioned in the presentation as well as other supporting resources appear on the manin C4LPT site on this page. I am also about to create a short whitepaper on this topic that incorporates the slides and my notes, so let me know if you'd like a copy, when it is ready.
