Even without a full product comparison, I would say that several other platforms, including open source Elgg or Drupal can do much of this. Tags: Books Informal Learning Wirearchy Learning has been the traditional realm of HR while most systems are supported by IT. Flinn goes on to explain that Web 2.0 BRP & ERP. MORE >>

Over three years ago I wrote that the future of learning is DIY : With Google you can find most information that you need. This is the power of informal learning, if organisations decide to enable it. Open source Elgg may replace Ning with a non locked-in platform, but its success remains to be seen. Has anything changed? MORE >>

Here are some examples: Use blogs to replace group e-mails so that information can be updated on a given subject/topic. We started using Elgg for an online medical community of practice in 2004 after going through dozens of platforms. The key differentiator of Elgg is that the individual [worker] is the centre of all the action. MORE >>

We also know that this informal, social learning accounts for 80% or more of how people learn in the workplace, so it is not something to be dismissed as irrelevant or trivial. These might be proprietary systems like Jive , Podio , Yammer , Socialcast , or open source software, like WordPress / Buddypress  or Elgg. Member profiling. MORE >>

moving from creating content-based e-learning to informal and social learning, the LMS is still seen as the main learning system within an. is needed is a organisational system that SUPPORTS and ENABLES this informal approach to learning.  informal learning; it then just becomes formal, managed learning!  database. MORE >>