Words and images spread fast online offers many tools for sharing a status update or image with a network, which can then share with a larger network, and when something goes viral, it seems that everybody knows.
In elearning, images make great screenshots for an elearner to leak to the ever disseminating web.
Engadget ran a piece with a screenshot from VZLearn, the LMS of Verizon Wireless. The training, for employees, revealed what the public did not yet know: that Palm Pre 2 training would only be assigned if Verizon intended to roll that out soon. Now, you can Google “screen shot leak” and see blog post after blog post about Windows 8 or or the next iPhone. For all we know, those screenshots are “leaked” on purpose for publicity.
But what potential leaks could happen at your company? Could a disgruntled employee post screenshots of your internal only or proprietary data?
I don’t know if e-learning designers and developers can spend too much time planning for the potential threat of a screenshot leak. But maybe that is a key part of the projects. And what about the LMS systems that house the elearning–are they safe?
Thanks for this useful article and personally the thing which i like most about online learning is its low cost anyone can easily afford it.
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