Open source for knowledge and learning management strategies beyond tools
Title:
Open source for knowledge and learning management strategies beyond tools
Author:
Lytras, Miltiadis D., 1973-
ISBN:
9781599041193
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxix, 402 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Open Source Software Basics: An Overview of a Revolutionary Research Context -- 2. Of Experts and Apprentices: Learning from the KDE Community -- 3. Riki: A System for Knowledge Transfer and Reuse in Software Engineering Projects -- 4. Human-Centered Design of a Semantically Enabled Knowledge Management System for Agile Software Engineering -- 5. Making Knowledge Management Systems Open: A Case Study of the Role of Open Source Software -- 6. Evaluating Open Source in Government: Methodological Considerations in Strategizing the Use of Open Source in the Public Sector -- 7. Open Culture for Education and Research Environment -- 8. European National Educational School Authorities' Actions Regarding Open Content and Open Source Software in Education -- 9. Using Open Source to Building and Accessing Learning Objects and Online Courses -- 10. The Development of the OpenACS Community -- 11. The GALILEI Platform: Social Browsing to Build Communities of Interests and Share Relevant Information and Expertise -- 12. Making Government Policies for Education Possible by Means of Open Source Technology: A Successful Case -- 13. A Social Constructionist Approach to Learning Communities: Moodle -- About the Authors -- Index.
Abstract:
"This book presents learning and knowledge management from a point of view where the basic tools and applications are provided by open source technologies. It explains an intense orientation to the critical issues of the open source paradigm: open source tools, applications, social networks, and knowledge sharing in open source communities"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-117-9