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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

Enter the knowledge-based economy – a trending topic across sectors more or less from 2003 onward. In 2014 a study found that many college freshmen had insufficient computer skills. I’ve taken a rather long, yet hopefully interesting route, in describing how computer literacy evolved into digital literacy.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

discuss two main types of prior knowledge which I want to draw your attention to: declarative prior knowledge and procedural prior knowledge. Recognizing and tapping into this prior knowledge is a key aspect of effective teaching, helping to bridge new information with what students already understand and know.

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Study Findings

Connecting 2 the World

As promised, here is the first draft of my study findings. The traditional model of collaborative knowledge is based on the type of knowledge (moving from tangible to intangible, explicit to tacit) and the place of collaboration (moving from the individual to the group to the organization). I'd appreciate feedback.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

The group process becomes the structure within which content and tacit knowledge, in the form of expected levels of application of the content, are defined. It also becomes a tangible representation of tacit knowledge for both group members and those outside of the group (Conceicao, Heitor, & Veloso, 2003; Yaklief, 2002).

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Distributed knowledge in the workplace

Connecting 2 the World

Each type of knowledge was manifested, accessed, created, and valued differently at the individual, group, and organizational level. Spatial knowledge is the most valuable for knowledge based organizations. This can be seen in corporations where everyone, yet no one owns the knowledge. Buchanan, R.

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Knowledge Genres

Connecting 2 the World

This section with will discuss the emerging theoretical basis of the framework, and then apply the framework to two examples of knowledge genres referenced by the study participants.

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Transactional and Negotiated knowledge

Connecting 2 the World

In order for knowledge to be used as currency, it would need to be of value, accessible by others, identifiable, stable (with clearly defined knowledge boundaries), and available in either a tangible form or tangibly represented. Transactional knowledge could also take the form of work processes. Phillip, interview 1).

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