When do you use a blog versus a wiki…versus an “old” tool?

Clark Quinn describes his performance ecosystem in a rich post full of advice:

I think blogs are a personal reflection or a history (…it would be great for capturing a ‘war story’), whereas wikis are for collaboration to create a unified view of something (e.g. the way to tune a network). I don’t think blogs support a rich discussion and aren’t that collaborative. Also, one of the problems I see is that we often forget old tools in the excitement of new tools: discussion boards are a great way to have an ongoing conversation; you don’t need some new tool for this. Yet wikis are really good for capturing the output of a collaboration.

I totally agree with his advice for learning professionals about using “new” tools: get your hands dirty…because web apps are not going away. And, enjoyed reading his training advice relative to tools:

I believe training anybody on any particular tool (even the seemingly ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite), is the wrong way to go. Talk to them about the skill (writing, creating presentations, etc), and then give some assignments across a couple of different tools… (JC)

e-learning 2.0 | Learnlets | Clark Quinn |12 August 2008.

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