Authors:
Mohamed Amine Chatti
;
Hendrik Thüs
;
Christoph Greven
and
Ulrik Schroeder
Affiliation:
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Keyword(s):
Knowledge Management, Technology Enhanced Learning, Lifelong Learning, Professional Learning, Work-Integrated Learning, Personalized Learning, Network Learning.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Collaborative Learning
;
Community Building
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Learning
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
;
Learning Organizations
;
Lifelong Learning: Continuing Professional Training & Development
;
Mobile Information Systems
;
Mobile Learning
;
Social Context and Learning Environments
;
Theoretical Bases of e-Learning Environments
;
Ubiquitous Learning
;
Vocational Training Tools and Methods
;
Web 2.0 and Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Knowledge Management (KM) and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) became a very important issue
in modern organizational professional learning and work process integration. Former learning and KM
theories which characterize knowledge as a thing or process no longer fit today's digital world where the
amount of required information is no more manageable and the half-time of knowledge in general is rapidly
decreasing. Younger approaches such as the Learning as a Network (LaaN) theory describe knowledge as
complex and emergent and put a heavier focus on knowledge networking. The LaaN theory further stresses
the convergence of the learning and work processes in professional learning settings and views KM and
TEL as two sides of the same coin. Driven by the LaaN theory, the Professional Reflective Mobile Personal
Learning Environments (PRiME) project describes an integrated KM and TEL framework which connects
learning and work processes. It enables the professional learner to harness impli
cit knowledge and offers
knowledge networking at three different layers: the Personal Learning Environment (PLE), the Personal
Knowledge Network (PKN) and the Network of Practice (NoP). Continuous knowledge networking results
in constant evolution of knowledge leading to personal as well as organizational learning.
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