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Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice (Presentation), Adrian K. Ho Nov 2004

Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice (Presentation), Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

Based on the ethnographic data collected from the workplace of an academic library, I argue that workplace learning (WL) is a situated socio-cognitive process. It is expedited by knowledge management (KM), which is a collective effort to generate, share, and institutionalize work-related knowledge. KM is inherent in the face-to-face conversational interactions embedded in planned formal training, planned informal sharing, and spontaneous informal learning. When face-to-face interaction is not possible, KM is accomplished through textualization. It helps the members of the workplace acquire new work-related knowledge and integrate it to their common, contextualized knowledge base. The contents of the knowledge base …


Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice, Adrian K. Ho Nov 2004

Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice, Adrian K. Ho

Western Libraries Publications

Based on the ethnographic data collected from the workplace of an academic library, I argue that workplace learning (WL) is a situated socio-cognitive process. It is expedited by knowledge management (KM), which is a collective effort to generate, share, and institutionalize work-related knowledge. KM is inherent in the face-to-face conversational interactions embedded in planned formal training, planned informal sharing, and spontaneous informal learning. When face-to-face interaction is not possible, KM is accomplished through textualization. It helps the members of the workplace acquire new work-related knowledge and integrate it to their common, contextualized knowledge base. The contents of the knowledge base …


Implementing Sfx: Impact On Acquisitions And Cataloging, Judith Shelton, William Walsh Oct 2004

Implementing Sfx: Impact On Acquisitions And Cataloging, Judith Shelton, William Walsh

University Library Faculty Presentations

Presentation about SFX link resolver.


10-2004 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services Oct 2004

10-2004 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2004.


Leveraging The Library Liaison Organizational Model To Provide And Manage An Effective Instruction Program, Tammy S. Sugarman, Mary Lyn Thaxton May 2004

Leveraging The Library Liaison Organizational Model To Provide And Manage An Effective Instruction Program, Tammy S. Sugarman, Mary Lyn Thaxton

University Library Faculty Presentations

Delivered at the Thirty-Second National LOEX Library Instruction Conference, Ypsilanti, MI, May 2004.


03-2004 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services Mar 2004

03-2004 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for March 2004.


01-2004 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services Jan 2004

01-2004 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for January 2004.


Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice, Adrian K. Ho Jan 2004

Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice, Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

Based on the ethnographic data collected from the workplace of an academic library, I argue that workplace learning (WL) is a situated socio-cognitive process. It is expedited by knowledge management (KM), which is a collective effort to generate, share, and institutionalize work-related knowledge. KM is inherent in the face-to-face conversational interactions embedded in planned formal training, planned informal sharing, and spontaneous informal learning. When face-to-face interaction is not possible, KM is accomplished through textualization. It helps the members of the workplace acquire new work-related knowledge and integrate it to their common, contextualized knowledge base. The contents of the knowledge base …