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Digital Literacy, Pragmatism and the Social Construction of Reality at dougbelshaw.com

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SHP Conference 2008. Digital Literacy, Pragmatism and the Social Construction of Reality. Pragmatism , reality , Research , social construct , society , thesis , William James. You can read my thesis proposal here and I collate links and quotes from my research on my wiki. Plugins Used. Peirce , digital literacy , Ed.D.

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Connecting 2 the World: Is constructing knowledge based on analysis a work literacy skill?

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Is constructing knowledge based on analysis a work literacy skill? I have been reading "Constructing Grounded Theory" by Kathy Charmaz for my dissertation. In addition, the deeper thinking skills needed in good qualitative research could create opportunities for the construction of new knowledge and more complex ideas.

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What Kind of Online Community Do You Have Behind Your Firewall?

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As CIOs and Chief Knowledge Officers bring tools that have been used on the Internet – blogs, wikis, microblogs, profiles – behind the firewall, they tend to expect the same results. "We'll Balanced, professional discussion containing constructive criticism, ideas, and empathy. Total Silence. "Call

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The Bamboo Project Blog

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Last week I liveblogging several conference sessions at Brandon Hall. Sending one person to a conference can potentially educate your entire organization. " Throwing up a wiki or a blog and hoping for the best isnt going to cut it. But again, we can do so much more than that. Theres huge learning power in that.

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Connecting 2 the World: New skills for the workplace

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Speaking of culture, knowledge workers need to understand the different ways in which knowledge can be constructed and used. blogs, wikis, etc.). Group communication and the wiki. Conference on Nanotechnology. The culture of blame needs to be changed. Are we becoming afraid to take chances? and community building.

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Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing?

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Discussions on Day Two centered around the right balance of policies, rules, guidelines, and best practices for internal wikis; the risks of open vs. closed networks; and the need for open/transparent communication between IT and the user community. tools like blogs, social networking, wikis, etc. 1) Enterprise 2.0 1) Enterprise 2.0

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What Does Government 2.0 Mean to Me?

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isn’t about the tools, but what those tools enable – it’s about more than just creating a blog and engaging in dialogue with the public, it’s about more than just creating a wiki that’s open to multiple government agencies, and it’s about more than just making data accessible to the public. The Whole. :

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