1. SumTotal Social Learning – What’s The Value?
I am sitting here – how do I
■ Social learning is not just about collaborate with and learn from…
individuals communicating
■ Opportunity is to leverage those
interactions for the benefit of the rest of
the organization
■ Further extract value of talent
management investment – transition
from “task tool” to “information
destination”
A colleague way over here in a
meaningful way that is captured and
benefits the rest of the organization?
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2. Formal Training & Social Learning
Formal Training Social Learning
• Developed by • Developed by anyone
professionals • Segments lasting
• Modules lasting hours minutes
• Delivered by experts • Delivered by anyone
• Pushed and scheduled • Pulled and real-time
• Rigid and controlled • Dynamic and ad hoc
Not a Replacement – It’s Additive
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3. What is SumTotal Social Learning
■ Additional module you can add to your SumTotal Learning Solution
■ Available for Enterprise Learning today
■ Targeting availability for Learning Maestro in late 2012
■ Designed to leverage the social knowledge within your organization
■ Provide a powerful toolset to create social communities, share
content and collaborate around learning needs
■ Integrated into SumTotal Learning so that it is intuitive to use and
easy to administer
■ Powered by Microsoft SharePoint 2010
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4. Social Tools for Learning Communities
Document
Folders for content
Libraries
Discussion
Moderated discussions Forums
Blogs Complete blogging functionality
All communities can have moderators Moderated
by
Approval workflow can be imbedded Instructors
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5. Accessing Communities
■ Users can access communities and rated content directly from their
learner dashboard
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