The Evolutionary Design of a Knowledge Network to Support Knowledge Management and Sharing for Lifelong Learning

Autor/inn/en	McAndrew, Patrick; Clow, Doug; Taylor, Josie; Aczel, James
Titel	The Evolutionary Design of a Knowledge Network to Support Knowledge Management and Sharing for Lifelong Learning
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 35 (2004) 6, S.739-746 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8535.2004.00431.x
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Computer Software; Lifelong Learning; Systems Development; Information Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; System development; Systementwicklung; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung
Abstract	Knowledge Management (KM) and knowledge sharing are important factors that support lifelong learning, and enable people to continue developing throughout their careers. The concept of a Community of Practice ( Wenger, 2000) is attractive in drawing together people whose work shares similar aspects, and consideration is given here to how technology can be used to develop and support such a community. In this paper, concepts from the Community of Practice literature are used to consider the development of a software environment for people working as a community in the area of lifelong learning. The intention was to design the system in an evolutionary way, using a minimal set of essential elements which would be elaborated according to user feedback. Three key design questions are considered: Who can contribute resources to such a system? What happens to existing practices? How is the community engaged? We conclude that, in lifelong learning, knowledge management supported by a software environment offers a good way to bring together communities, resources and experience, but to achieve these benefits, great care needs to be exerted in introducing the system and maintaining existing work practices. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10