Article: Social Media Heralds Step Change in Enterprise Learning

06/10/2010 

A meteoric rise in popularity for social media in recent years has companies scrambling to understand its impact on how they operate. For training and learning within large organisations, social media makes existing practices appear outdated and antiquated. Clearly, equipping colleagues with the skills and insights to compete in a fast changing global marketplace requires a step change in approach.

Moving to social learning

This step change to Social Learning has been cleverly described as moving from ‘e-Learning’ to ‘We-Learning’. The objective is to extend the value of learning by unlocking the power of social and collaborative learning, and bringing it into the real-time business environment to keep pace with dynamic market conditions & busy working lives.

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