Discussion forums provide a great way to extend our learning well beyond the usual social and organizational borders and beyond, into the frontiers of Social Media interactions.

 

Discussion forums are intended to be more open to the public, however, IPR & privacy concerns, community management and the confidence needed to speak openly about some issues, personal or otherwise necessitate some minimal  restrictions on participation within the SeTs discussion forums. However, in principle there is nothing to stop anyone from extending this to Social Media sites, as long as only generic information directly relevant to the subject is posted. This allows us to extend our learning research to a much broader audience sample and then reintegrate that feedback into the SeTs community for added benefit.