How to we transform data and information to knowledge?

17-August-2006

[ Knowledge and learning , e-Portfolios ]
How to we transform data and information to knowledge? More thoughts (and a diagramme) on how e-Portfolios can help knowledge development.

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I am in Salzburg for the kick off meeting of the European funded MOSEP project. Unusual timing for a meeting but as you can seed the weather and scenario are beautiful.

I am pretty excited about MOSEP - it is a project researching and piloting the sue of e-Portfolios in vocational education and training. I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time and am sure we are going to have a lot of fun.

better still, tonight I have been invited to make a presentation on e-Portfolios in a traditional Austrian Beer House - wonderful.

For those who come to the show and for anyone else interested This post has attached my slides and a short paper. The presentation is based on one I did for the European Portfolio conference in cambridge last year - but with some development and movement on. I will make series of posts in the next few days with some new thoughts on e-Portfolio. I am particularly intrigued by how Portfolios can contribute to knowledge development. The diagramme below was originally thought up by Jenny Hughes a good few years ago - but I think deserves some new attention.

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What is so exciting about this. For some time I have been puzzling how informal learning results in the development of a personal knowledge base. I think this diagramme begins to explain that process. In converting data and information to knowledge, both self reflection and feedback from teachers, peers and more generally form the community of practice play critical roles.

As ever, feedback will be welcome. Will try to provide an audio file of my talk at the weekend.

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Presentation slides

Paper

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Graham Attwell; 17-August-2006 09:36:41;