Open source for knowledge and learning management [electronic resource] : strategies beyond tools / Miltiadis Lytras, Ambj�orn Naeve [editors].

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Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.Description: electronic texts (xxix, 402 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:

9781599041193 (ebook)
1599041197 (ebook)

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HD30.2 .O64 2007e

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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.

Abstract: "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, and knowledge sharing in open source communities"--Provided by publisher.

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"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, and knowledge sharing in open source communities"--Provided by publisher.

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