How will we transfer knowledge digitally in the future? Which business models will play a role? What will the library of the future look like? And what is the “Weltmaschine” doing at the Book Fair? You’ll find answers to these questions in Hall 4.2 – the marketplace for science, specialist publishers, librarians and information professionals. [...]
Education has been experiencing new trends in the recent years. Learners known before as students are embracing the knowledge through a new de-centred pedagogy based mainly on self-learning, open learning and peer to peer interaction. They are shifting away from being passive receivers of knowledge to being more accountable and more independent in actively searching [...]
The Innovation & Policy Initiative of INSEAD Abu Dhabi along with Booz & Company are pleased to host the Policy Breakfast* on Sunday, 9 January 2011 in Abu Dhabi from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. With special guest speaker, Dr. Ashley J. Stevens, President, Association of University Technology Managers, Boston University. The Breakfast seminar starts with a presentation by [...]
The growth of data surpasses the ability of organizations to make sense of it. This concern is particularly pronounced in relation to knowledge, teaching, and learning. Learning institutions and corporations make little use of the data learners “throw off” in the process of accessing learning materials, interacting with educators and peers, and creating new content. [...]
Masters Program for International Students: Erasmus Mundus Master in Data Mining and Knowledge Management approved by the ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation) The primary social and economic value of modern societies is knowledge. For this reason, mastering Information technology for structured or unstructured information recorded in Datawarehouses, such as the Web, and containing [...]
We would like to share with you this interesting post from tonybates.ca: I have been struggling with the concept of books and publishing for some time now. I have authored over 10 books published ‘traditionally’, i.e. through a commercial publisher, and have just completed a manuscript on ‘The strategic management of technology in universities and [...]
Knol is a web site, hosting full of knols defined as “units of knowledge”, which allows people to share information on line. In fact, every one can write any article, suggest improvements to an existing one or simply discover what other people have written. No doubt, a huge amount of people know so many things [...]
One of the important initiatives undertaken by the leading Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) is the research conducted in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) about the knowledge situation and perspectives in the Arab World. The resulting report of this research was launched during the Arab strategy forum on October 28th, [...]
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