Collaborative Learning Group – Best Practices Open and Virtual Collaboration
Radical Inclusion – Open Virtual Collaboration
Last August we embarked on research of organizations to better understand what is really happening with the adoption, and more importantly, use and human engagement in web 2.0/virtual collaboration.
From our analysis thus far, one thing is clear – at the root of any collaboration is a collection of human beings with boundless and unique ways of interacting. In order to take advantage of the power of web 2.0 technologies and beyond to solve our most intractable issues, we all have much to learn. Virtual collaboration is not about technology alone; it merely opens new doors. How we use it and engage with each other will determine what we accomplish and the race is on!
Whatever your interest in web 2.0 – enterprise 2.0 – virtual collaboration, our research shows that knowledge of collaborating complemented by social media is nascent at best. Those involved range from advocates to experimenters to dabblers, lurkers and the blissfully unaware. More and more companies are providing tools, services, advice, yet we are all operating from fairly limited exposure to user needs. Rather ironic considering we’re all talking about wisdom of crowds and collective intelligence.
Both users and service providers need to continually adapt to the ways in which people are interacting with technology and to the ever-increasing pace of change in the technology, economy and a range off global societies.
No one has all the answers. Much of the expert research I’ve looked at is designed to promote a particular need for virtual interaction or focuses narrowly on questions of technology – all necessary conversations.
This learning group is hosted as the first and only open and transparent space we know of to share learning: our experiences, questions, concerns and a place to discover new practices. Anyone who is interested learning experience is invited.
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