Centerness is defined as a quality of multi-agent systems (groups) where agents share a common set of system goals and interact so the system will achieve those goals. A pair of measures is identified to capture the two dimensions of centerness: distance-weighted fragmentation and average goal centerness. As a case study, the measures of…

Over the last decade, several studies have focused on massive open online courses (MOOCs). The synthesis presented here concentrates on these studies and aims to examine the place held by content in these studies, especially those produced between 2012 and 2018: sixty-five peer reviewed papers are identified through five major educational…

The need to manage, analyze, and extract knowledge from data is pervasive across industry, government, and academia. Scientists, engineers, and executives routinely encounter enormous volumes of data, and new techniques and tools are emerging to create knowledge out of these data, some of them capable of working with real-time streams of data. The…

Most theories of analogical transfer focus on similarities between the learning and transfer domains, where transfer is more likely between domains that share common surface features, similar elements, or common interpretations of structure. We suggest that characteristics of the learning instantiation alone can give rise to different levels of…

Discusses core competencies in library and information science and in information systems to use as a background for an examination of core competencies in information management. Suggests a set of core competencies and educational outcomes that might be applied to curricula in both developed and developing countries. (Author/LRW)

Discussion of the scope of information society studies focuses on a syllabus for an ideal module in information society studies, comprising aims, learning outcomes, attained skills, and indicative content. Considers critical thinking, theoretical sensitivity, and an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates history. (Author/LRW)

Points out that the fundamental and unifying activity of those who work in the information field--and the basic social value of the information profession--is the facilitation of the utilization of records. Thus, the training of the information professional should emphasize three concepts: records, utilization, and facilitation. (Author)

Describes the Royal School of Library and Information Science (Denmark), whose faculty has conducted research in library and information science since the early 1980s. Discusses the school's size and objectives, and explains that articles included in this issue present different facets of information science in an international context. (LRW)

Reports the findings of the Phase 1 of "Project 2061: Science for All Americans," which is an effort to establish a conceptual base for educational reform by spelling out the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students should acquire from preschool through high school. Topics which should be included under the concept of information are identified…

Expresses the concern that the focus on online work in library education is too narrowly practical and thereby divorced from established principles of information retrieval. The distinctive professional elements of online work that need to be addressed in library education are identified and discussed. (eight references) (CLB)

Discusses archival management, information resources management, and medical informatics as information related fields and assesses current educational activities in these areas. The possible benefits of establishing a partnership between information resources management practitioners and information studies educators are also discussed. (CLB)

In his introductory address to the 1981 National Conference on Technology and Education, Congressman George E. Brown, Jr., discusses recent congressional activity in the area of information technology. According to Brown, the testimony presented at recent congressional hearings made it clear that technological change was occurring rapidly and that…

Author attempts to provide a framework for thinking about education: abouts its purposes, its means, and the way it plans ahead. (Author)

The challenge facing educators today is not just to use computers at school but to use computer education and "Informatics" (information plus automatics, placing computer education in the broader context of information and technology) to mediate improved social and learning relations in schools. In order to introduce computers into…