Personal Knowledge Management

Personal Knowledge

Mind map: [http://yadi.sk/d/f1pfNItl2KXsR]

Knowledge

• derived from information
• distilled
• extracted from sources
• what one has learned

data/information is not knowledge until we dig the value out of it

Information Literacy

definition

• ability to know when there’s a need for information
• to be able to identify, locate, evaluate and effectively use that information
• for the problem at hand

schemata (Big6)

• locating
  • basic questions
    • what is known about the topic?
    • what information is needed?
    • where can it be found?
  • finding sources of information
• selecting/analyzing
  • examining the resources
  • separating useful from not useful
• organizing/synthesizing
  • selected information is organized
  • knowledge and solutions are developed
  • facts vs opinions
  • comparisons
  • organizing ideas logically
• creating/presenting
  • presentation to an appropriate audience
  • a paper
• evaluating
  • critical evaluation of completion
  • was it solved?
  • was the knowledge found?
  • could I do it differently?
  • what was well?

standards

• information literacy
  • asses information effectively and efficiently
  • evaluate critically and completely
  • use information accurately and creatively
• independent learner
  • information literate
  • peruses information related to personal interests
  • excellent in information seeking and knowledge generating
• social responsibility
  • contribute to learning community
  • participates in groups to peruse information and generate knowledge

Knowledge management

KM - making the best use of knowledge

processes

• acquiring
• creating
• sharing

KM

• cognitive science
• expert systems, AI
• knowledge base management systems
• groupware
• document managing
• etc

objectives

• enhance collaboration
• capture and store best practices
• e-learning
• web-publishing

goals

• identify
• create
• represent
• distribute
• enable adoption of
• insights and experiences
• and transform it into knowledge

knowledge

• tacit
  • internal
• explicit
  • in form that can be communicated to others
• KM converts knowledge from tacit to explicit

strategies

• push
  • people publish their note into repository, for further access
• pull
  • publish per request

Personal Information Management

goal: to ease the process of

• acquire
• organize
• maintain
• retrieve
• use

sources

• documents
• web pages
• emails

main idea

• we always have needed information at hand

Personal Knowledge Management

• bottom-up approach to Knowledge Management
• PKM integrates KM and PIM (personal information management)
• for expanding cognitive capabilities of individuals

process of

• gather
• classify
• store
• search
• retrieve
• share
• information

Wright’s Model

• analytical
  • interpretation
  • envisioning
  • application
  • creation
  • contextualization
• information
  • sourcing
  • assessment
  • organization
  • aggregation
  • communication
• social
  • collaboration with people
  • development networks
• learning
  • pattern recognition
  • reflection
  • development of new knowledge

Skills

• reflection
• continuous improvement
• manage learning
  • how to learn
• informational literacy
  • what is important
  • how to find it
• organizational
  • categorization
  • taxomonies
• communication and interaction
• creativity

Personal Knowledge Base

PKB

• personal
  • for a particular individual, others should not care
• knowledge
  • consists of knowledge, not information
• base
  • consolidated knowledge store
  • easy to access

knowledge capture tools

• mind mapping
  • diagrams to visually outline information
  • major categories radiate from central node
  • free form
  • spatial layout
  • a tree
  • guidelines - see @ wiki
  • uses
    • generate, visualize, classify ideas
    • aids for students
    • problem solving
    • summarizing
• concept mapping
  • based on assimilation theory of knowledge
    • newly encountered knowledge must be related to prior knowledge
  • CM depicts these connections graphically
  • links are labeled
    • typically with a verb phrase
• hyperlink systems
  • non-linear dynamic hyperdocument
  • piece of text linked together
• note-taking

benefits

• knowledge generation of formulation
• knowledge capture
• knowledge management and retrieval
• integration heterogenous sources