Knowledge Emergence in vitro

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, VWBPE 2011

Kevin Feenan

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Date: 2011-03-17 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Last modified: 2011-03-02

Abstract

For participants who are interested in curriculum development and knowledge emergence theory, this lecture presents an extension of work completed by Ikujiro Nonaka and Ryoko Toyama (2005) in the field of knowledge creation. The dynamic model of knowledge-creation is used to illustrate advantages and disadvantages when using virtual worlds in vitro as part of the educational process.The lecture will contain six sub-sections including:

Dynamic Model of Knowledge Creation
Sociability
Importance of Linguistic Capital
Cultural Shift
Measuring Learning
Virtual World Classrooms in vitro