Tailored Learning: Designing the Blend That Fits

Chapter 8

Collaboration Technologies That Support Learning

Now that the design team has determined the best blend, it might consider nsupplementing the training with some of the web collaboration technologies that are making headlines. Examples of web collaboration technologies include wikis, blogs, discussion boards, podcasts, mobile learning, and, most recently, virtual worlds (see sidebar “Definitions of Common Collaboration Technologies”). Synchronous and asynchronous learning, as commonly defined, support a formal learning process that has been tested and found to be effective. Web 2.0 technologies, however, are often used in less formal ...