This book draws on the experience of people who have worked with CoPs and presents their combined wisdom in a form that is accessible to a wide audience. CoPs are examined from a practica view. The book also examines the benefits that CoPs can bring to an organization, provides a number of case...

"This book covers a wide range of the most current research in the development of innovative web-based learning solutions, specifically facilitating and augmenting learning in diverse contemporary organizational settings"--Provided by publisher.

1. A benchmarking study on organizational creativity practices in high technology industries / Fernando Sousa, Ileana Monteiro -- 2. Integrating technology with the creative design process / Joshua Fairchild ... [et al.] -- 3. Problem-solving style, problem complexity and knowledge generation /...

"This book overviews the opportunities provided by new technologies, applications, and research in the areas of ubiquitous learning and how those technologies can be successfully implemented"--Provided by publisher.

1. Disruptive technologies, innovation and global redesign / Nazrul Islam and Ndubuisi Ekekwe -- 2. Innovation risk path assessing for a newly emerging science and technology: illustrated for dye-sensitized solar cells / Ying Guo, Tingting Ma, and Alan Porter -- 3. Disruptive product innovation...

"This book uses a flexible learning framework to explain the best ways of creating a meaningful learning environment. This framework consists of eight factors - institutional, management, technological, pedagogical, ethical, interface design, resource support, and evaluation; a systematic...

Educators are now seeking new methodologies to respond to the demand for personal education and knowledge acquisition and production. Concept mapping, a powerful learning and teaching technique, provides these educators with new methods that are beginning to be implemented at all educational...

"This book encompasses a wide variety of research approaches and theoretical stances,that are united in their contributions to the study of the burgeoning field of knowledge intensive organizations"--Provided by publisher.

Section 1. Learning Design -- 1. Learning Design Representations to Document, Model, and Share Teaching Practice -- 2. Representing Models of Practice -- 3. Using the IMS LD Standard to Describe Learning Designs -- 4. Opportunities, Achievements, and Prospects for Use of IMS LD -- 5. A Critical...

This book translates what is arcane and controversial today into managerial guidance that is sophisticated yet practical. It also complements the many existing management books on strategy, technology, knowledge and systems while addressing a well-recognized and significant void. It draws from...