tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post111877569224352553..comments2023-11-03T06:03:50.388-07:00Comments on The Learning Circuits Blog: The Power of Usjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1119058948582879762005-06-17T18:42:00.000-07:002005-06-17T18:42:00.000-07:00Bill, I was worried about you when I read "PPT is ...Bill, I was worried about you when I read "PPT is central," thinking you were referring to PowerPoint. <BR/><BR/>What do people think of adding a collaborative component to Learning Circuits Blog?jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1118776428711578252005-06-14T12:13:00.000-07:002005-06-14T12:13:00.000-07:00Posting a comment to my own blog posting is a litt...Posting a comment to my own blog posting is a little weird but I forgot to mention that over the last several months, as companies have started to look at collaboration more closely, I have seen them become interested in using online collaboration in several ways:<BR/>- a bridge between ILT and eLearning to get people used to eLearning'being online (i.e. regardless of the delivery method you have access to a collaboration workspace to continue the conversations)<BR/>- for succession management (i.e. storing the results of collaboration over time so that when a person leaves some aspect of their knowledge stays behind). Jay, myself and others recently spoke at the Defense Acquistion University conference at George Mason University and this was a popular topic among the military/government where upwards of 40% are retiring over the next few years.<BR/>- encouraging collaboration among customers as a way for a company to make their technical support more effective as often the 'problem' lies with a customer's environment or policies and other customers may have the answer or a best practice versus getting the 'technically correct' answer from Tech Support.Ben Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006436411486241515noreply@blogger.com