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Cowley-Durst, Barbara; Christensen, Hal D.; Degler, Duane; Weidner, Douglas; Feldstein, Michael – Performance Improvement, 2001
Five knowledge management (KM) experts discuss answers to six fundamental issues of KM that address: a definition of knowledge and KM; relationship between business and KM; whether technology has helped the knowledge worker; relationship between learning, performance, knowledge, and community; the promise of knowledge ecology or ecosystem and…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Information Technology, Knowledge Level, Learning
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Agassi, Joseph – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 1997
Scientific technology is an institutional complex of articulated knowledge and skills that depends on social responsibility. This paper addresses a theoretical approach through discussion of rational thought as a guide for rational action, rational thought as a form of rational action, and technology as a form of knowledge. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Information Technology, Knowledge Level, Philosophy
Galuszka, Peter – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
One of the most prominent engineers and entrepreneurs in the country, Dr. Randal D. Pinkett keeps a high profile on issues related to minorities, technology and education. The holder of five degrees, Pinkett has built an academic record that includes a doctorate and MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was also named a…
Descriptors: Internet, Minority Groups, Access to Computers, Access to Information
Yurumezoglu, Kemal – Online Submission, 2006
In this article, we studied the paradigm of observation which has been restructured since the beginning of modern sciences. In order to interpret this observation paradigm, an expression, "observation without seeing" was formulated. It was noticed that our interpretation of the observation depends on our knowledge and experiences. Finally, it was…
Descriptors: Observation, Models, Science Education, Knowledge Level
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Bearne, Eve – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2005
Developments in technology inevitably influence social, cultural, and communicative practices. Dominant language-based practices are giving way to a "new communications landscape" (Kress, 1997, 2003b) which is inherently multimodal. The forms and functions of text are in the process of a radical change which dislodges conventional notions of what…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Policy, Information Technology, Interpersonal Communication
Heidemann, Winfried – 2001
Traditionally characterized by a mixed human capital and human skills and resources model, the German education and training system has come under pressure from structural changes in economy and society. The emerging "new economy" is more than the sector of information technology industries. Beyond global action and rapid exchange of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Economic Change, Economic Progress