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Educators are now seeking new methodologies to respond to the demand for personal education and knowledge acquisition and production. Concept mapping, a powerful learning and teaching technique, provides these educators with new methods that are beginning to be implemented at all educational...

"This book encompasses a wide variety of research approaches and theoretical stances,that are united in their contributions to the study of the burgeoning field of knowledge intensive organizations"--Provided by publisher.

Section 1. Learning Design -- 1. Learning Design Representations to Document, Model, and Share Teaching Practice -- 2. Representing Models of Practice -- 3. Using the IMS LD Standard to Describe Learning Designs -- 4. Opportunities, Achievements, and Prospects for Use of IMS LD -- 5. A Critical...

This book translates what is arcane and controversial today into managerial guidance that is sophisticated yet practical. It also complements the many existing management books on strategy, technology, knowledge and systems while addressing a well-recognized and significant void. It draws from...

This book assembles into one volume a comprehensive collection of the key current thinking regarding the use of C. West Churchman's Design of Inquiring Systems as a basis for computer-based inquiring systems design and implementation. Inquiring systems are systems that go beyond knowledge...

In the context of Knowledge Society, the convergence of knowledge and learning management is a critical milestone. This book provides state-of-the-art knowledge through a balanced theoretical and technological discussion. The semantic web perspective helps reader to understand the new era of...

This book presents methodologies, architectures, and approaches on experiential automated learning. This critical mass of sought after research assembles the most intriguing and innovative applications, advancements, and leading studies on the methodology of intellectual computing.

The focus of the 1999 workshop that led to this book was on Internet technology for knowledge management, and Internet-based solutions that can be used as enabler for the effective creation and use of organizational memories. This theme was selected acknowledging that knowledge management is...

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