Is Facebook the future of learning?
The trusted Learning Management System is now becoming a thing of the past as more organisations embrace not just new technology, but the way we use that technology.
Online learning communities are a way for people to reinforce skills learnt in traditional training and also share ideas and knowledge. Large organisations especially can benefit from making the best use of exploiting their vast knowledge pools in a non-hierarchical forum.
Unsurprisingly the idea is being embraced by school children and teachers alike as a way of engaging pupils in their study pathways. Lou Mooney, a training project manager for Training Synergy is working with clients to roll out the Building Schools for the Future programme: “We are training teachers around the country to use the platform so that they can help pupils create their own learning homepage which they then share with teachers and parents alike. It makes sense because this is the type of online community that they are engaged with anyway – a space where they feel relaxed and hopefully creative.”
One of the main tenets of online learning communities is self regulation and the absence of hierarchical censorship which can stifle creative input. Lou adds “Many organisations have found this concept hard to embrace, but experience has shown that there is very little abuse of such freedoms and a great deal of positive sharing which enhances performance – and nobody can argue with that”
Story Date
03 October 2008
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