seeks to present the gamble made by the University of Alicante (Spain) on the promotion of open knowledge. Design … it, amongst other things, to respond to the new challenge posed by society: the need for all of us to share the knowledge … consecutive phases in the open publication of knowledge. In this way the aim of presenting the promotion of open knowledge not as …

scientific knowledge. In doing so, the focus is set on scientific research as one core function of higher education institutions … conceptual research. First the SECI model of organisational knowledge creation is applied to knowledge management in science … management of scientific knowledge. Findings – OA accelerates the creation and widens the dissemination of scientific knowledge …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the personalised and social characteristics of open knowledge …‐personalised characteristics of collaborative acquisition or recommendation. Findings – In the process of online information and open knowledge … knowledge creation and sharing based on the association function of social tagging, social and collaborative sharing among …

level as online collaboration tools for co‐constructing knowledge in group project work. Design … students had used MediaWiki for the major project in their knowledge management course and Google Docs for their final year … online collaboration in the group projects. Although more students found MediaWiki an effective knowledge management tool …

) adoption. As an emerging knowledge acquisition method and service there are currently few studies addressing the antecedents of …

the context of collaborative learning and knowledge management in higher education. Design … improved group collaboration and work quality. Both wikis were also viewed as enabling tools for knowledge construction and … considering the use of wikis in their courses as a platform to enhance collaborative learning and knowledge management …