Case Study
Medcast creates successful communities of practice with Totara Social
Medcast creates successful communities of practice with Totara Social Medcast is a medical e-learning company with a particular focus on social learning and Communities of Practice. Their vision is about combining formal learning practice and webinars with social learning, with the aim of providing quality learning for GPs and other health professionals. The Challenge At the end of his PhD focusing on social learning and communities of practice, Medcast founder Dr Stephen Barnett identified that there was no single platform which would achieve his vision of the ideal learning process. This comprised social learning, live webinars and content on demand, with interactivity and tacit knowledge sharing being tracked throughout. He wanted learners to be able to tag and share content, and in doi