Open source for knowledge and learning management strategies beyond tools /

"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, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Lytras, Miltiadis D., 1973-, Naeve, Ambjorn.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
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Table of 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.