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technologies for communication, collaboration, knowledge creation and knowl-
edge management.
Applications to practice
How twenty-first-century technologies might be harnessed to
improve the quality, relevance and timeliness of educational research
As discussed, the issue of the sheer volume of small-scale research made available
through Web 1.0 technologies (read-only) is apparent. Web 2.0 technologies (read
and write) provide opportunities for collaborative knowledge building and peer
challenge which previously simply did not exist. Publishing is swift, so timeliness is
assured. Review and challenge by users and research generators is facilitated through
online tools supporting asynchronous dialogue.
The Internet has revolutionized knowledge sharing and knowledge building and
there is potential for these ways of online working to improve the quality of access
to knowledge. Figure 10.2 shows the front page of a prototype low-cost and open
national knowledge sharing and building environment using Web 2.0 technolo-
gies (Education communities www.educationcommunities.org). There are a growing
number of communities of practice listed, and through a 'people finder' the profes-
sional profiles of people across the education sector can be viewed. The software
allows for the creation of multiple interlinked communities, which may be open or
closed and for the profiles of all professionals registered on the site to be searchable.
Figure 10.2
national online communities of practice for professional networking and knowledge
management in the uK for local government.
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