Knowledge Cartography

Author : Alexandra Okada,Simon J. Buckingham Shum,Tony Sherborne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447164708

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Knowledge Cartography by Alexandra Okada,Simon J. Buckingham Shum,Tony Sherborne Pdf

Focuses on the process by which manually crafting interactive, hypertextual maps clarifies one’s own understanding, communicates it to others, and enables collective intelligence. The authors see mapping software as visual tools for reading and writing in a networked age. In an information ocean, the challenge is to find meaningful patterns around which we can weave plausible narratives. Maps of concepts, discussions and arguments make the connections between ideas tangible - and critically, disputable. With 22 chapters from leading researchers and practitioners (5 of them new for this edition), the reader will find the current state-of-the-art in the field. Part 1 focuses on knowledge maps for learning and teaching in schools and universities, before Part 2 turns to knowledge maps for information analysis and knowledge management in professional communities, but with many cross-cutting themes: · reflective practitioners documenting the most effective ways to map · conceptual frameworks for evaluating representations · real world case studies showing added value for professionals · more experimental case studies from research and education · visual languages, many of which work on both paper and with software · knowledge cartography software, much of it freely available and open source · visit the companion website for extra resources: books.kmi.open.ac.uk/knowledge-cartography Knowledge Cartography will be of interest to learners, educators, and researchers in all disciplines, as well as policy analysts, scenario planners, knowledge managers and team facilitators. Practitioners will find new perspectives and tools to expand their repertoire, while researchers will find rich enough conceptual grounding for further scholarship.

Author : Violet Moller
Publisher : Picador
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 1509829628

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The Map of Knowledge by Violet Moller Pdf

"The foundations of modern knowledge--philosophy, math, astronomy, geography--were laid by the Greeks, whose ideas were written on scrolls and stored in libraries across the Mediterranean and beyond. But as the vast Roman Empire disintegrated, so did appreciation of these precious texts. Christianity cast a shadow over so-called pagan thought, books were burned, and the library of Alexandria, the greatest repository of classical knowledge, was destroyed. Yet some texts did survive and The Map of Knowledge explores the role played by seven cities around the Mediterranean--rare centers of knowledge in a dark world, where scholars supported by enlightened heads of state collected, translated and shared manuscripts. In 8th century Baghdad, Arab discoveries augmented Greek learning. Exchange within the thriving Muslim world brought that knowledge to Cordoba, Spain. Toledo became a famous center of translation from Arabic into Latin, a portal through which Greek and Arab ideas reached Western Europe. Salerno, on the Italian coast, was the great center of medical studies, and Sicily, ancient colony of the Greeks, was one of the few places in the West to retain contact with Greek culture and language. Scholars in these cities helped classical ideas make their way to Venice in the 15th century, where printers thrived and the Renaissance took root. The Map of Knowledge follows three key texts--Euclid's Elements, Ptolemy's The Almagest, and Galen's writings on medicine--on a perilous journey driven by insatiable curiosity about the world"--Pages [2-3] of cover.

Author : Alexandra Okada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015079326073

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Knowledge Cartography by Alexandra Okada Pdf

Knowledge maps are ideal tools for capturing, organizing and extracting meaning from many different sources. They provide powerful graphic tools for classifying, representing and communicating information. This book discusses significant new research and explains its underlying principles in terms of Knowledge Cartography. With contributions from leading researchers and practitioners, it offers a rich variety of conceptual frameworks, mapping techniques and case studies.

Author : Christine Schranz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Cartography
ISBN : 3837660419

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Shifts in Mapping by Christine Schranz Pdf

Depicting the world, territory, and geopolitical realities involves a high degree of interpretation and imagination. It is never neutral. Cartography originated in ancient times to represent the world and to enable circulation, communication, and economic exchange. Today, IT companies are a driving force in this field and change our view of the world; how we communicate, navigate, and consume globally. Questions of privacy, authorship, and economic interests are highly relevant to cartography's practices. So how to deal with such powers and what is the critical role of cartography in it? How might a bottom-up perspective (and actions) in map-making change the conception of a geopolitical space?

Author : Jose Maria Perez Fernandez,Edward Wilson-Lee
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300256208

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Hernando Colon's New World of Books by Jose Maria Perez Fernandez,Edward Wilson-Lee Pdf

The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colón This engaging book offers the first comprehensive account of the extraordinary projects of Hernando Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, which culminated in the creation of the greatest library of the Renaissance, with ambitions to be universal––that is, to bring together copies of every book, on every subject and in every language. Pérez Fernández and Wilson-Lee situate Hernando’s projects within the rapidly changing landscape of early modern knowledge, providing a concise history of the collection of information and the origins of public libraries, examining the challenges he faced and the solutions he devised. The two authors combine “meticulous research with deep and original thought,” shedding light on the history of libraries and the organization of knowledge. The result is an essential reference text for scholars of the early modern period, and for anyone interested in the expansion and dissemination of information and knowledge.

Author : David Turnbull
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135288204

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Masons, Tricksters and Cartographers by David Turnbull Pdf

In an eclectic and highly original study, Turnbull brings together traditions as diverse as cathedral building, Micronesian navigation, cartography and turbulence research. He argues that all our differing ways of producing knowledge - including science - are messy, spatial and local. Every culture has its own ways of assembling local knowledge, thereby creating space thrugh the linking of people, practices and places. The spaces we inhabit and assemblages we work with are not as homogenous and coherent as our modernist perspectives have led us to believe - rather they are complex and heterogeneous motleys.

Author : Uwe M. Borghoff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998-03-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3540637648

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Information Technology for Knowledge Management by Uwe M. Borghoff Pdf

The value of an organization is given not just by its tangible assets but also by the knowledge embodied in its employees and in its internal and external structures. While explicit knowledge can be shared as information and is easy to handle, this tacit knowledge has been neglected by effectiveness-oriented management techniques but is crucial for both the operational efficiency and the core competencies of an organization. This book provides a survey of the use of information technology for knowledge management, and its chapters present specific research on how technologies such as computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), workflow, and groupware can support the creation and sharing of knowledge in organizations.

Author : Matthew H. Edney,Mary Sponberg Pedley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 1920 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226339221

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The History of Cartography, Volume 4 by Matthew H. Edney,Mary Sponberg Pedley Pdf

Since its launch in 1987, the History of Cartography series has garnered critical acclaim and sparked a new generation of interdisciplinary scholarship. Cartography in the European Enlightenment, the highly anticipated fourth volume, offers a comprehensive overview of the cartographic practices of Europeans, Russians, and the Ottomans, both at home and in overseas territories, from 1650 to 1800. The social and intellectual changes that swept Enlightenment Europe also transformed many of its mapmaking practices. A new emphasis on geometric principles gave rise to improved tools for measuring and mapping the world, even as large-scale cartographic projects became possible under the aegis of powerful states. Yet older mapping practices persisted: Enlightenment cartography encompassed a wide variety of processes for making, circulating, and using maps of different types. The volume’s more than four hundred encyclopedic articles explore the era’s mapping, covering topics both detailed—such as geodetic surveying, thematic mapping, and map collecting—and broad, such as women and cartography, cartography and the economy, and the art and design of maps. Copious bibliographical references and nearly one thousand full-color illustrations complement the detailed entries.

Author : Kerstin Fink
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783322812407

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Knowledge Potential Measurement and Uncertainty by Kerstin Fink Pdf

Kerstin Fink discusses the two mainstream measurement fields: the cognitive science approach and the management approach. She develops the knowledge potential view which is determined by nine key measurement variables, i.e. content, culture, networking, organizational knowledge, learning and training, customer and competitor knowledge, and knowledge management systems.

Author : Lupion Torres, Patricia,de C ssia Veiga Marriott, Rita
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599049939

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Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning Using Concept Mapping by Lupion Torres, Patricia,de C ssia Veiga Marriott, Rita Pdf

This new encyclopedia discusses the extraordinary importance of internet technologies, with a particular focus on the Web.

Author : Isabel Ramos,Anabela Mesquita
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781909507302

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ECRM2013-Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Research Methods by Isabel Ramos,Anabela Mesquita Pdf

Complete proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies ECRM 2013 PRINT version Published by Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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EJKM Volume 8 Issue 3 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dirk Ifenthaler,Ria Hanewald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781461431787

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Digital Knowledge Maps in Education by Dirk Ifenthaler,Ria Hanewald Pdf

Digital knowledge maps are ‘at a glance’ visual representations that enable enriching, imaginative and transformative ways for teaching and learning, with the potential to enhance positive educational outcomes. The use of such maps has generated much attention and interest among tertiary education practitioners and researchers over the last few years as higher education institutions around the world begin to invest heavily into new technologies designed to provide online spaces within which to build resources and conduct activities. The key elements of this edited volume will comprise original and innovative contributions to existing scholarship in this field, with examples of pedagogical possibilities as they are currently practiced across a range of contexts. It will contain chapters that address, theory, research and practical issues related to the use of digital knowledge maps in all aspects of tertiary education and draws predominantly on international perspectives with a diverse group of invited contributors. Reports on empirical studies as well as theoretical/conceptual chapters that engage deeply with pertinent questions and issues raised from a pedagogical, social, cultural, philosophical, and/or ethical standpoint are included. Systematic literature reviews dealing with digital knowledge mapping in education are also an integral part of the volume.

Author : James Gulliver Hancock,Hennie Haworth,Stuart Hill,Sarah King
Publisher : Walter Foster Jr
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781633224841

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The Art of Map Illustration by James Gulliver Hancock,Hennie Haworth,Stuart Hill,Sarah King Pdf

The Art of MapIllustration combines practical instruction with inspirational art and photographs to both enliven and educate aspiring map artists.

Author : Matthew H. Edney
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780226605685

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Cartography by Matthew H. Edney Pdf

Over the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time and space. As the current director of the project that has produced these volumes, Matthew H. Edney has a unique vantage point for understanding what “cartography” has come to mean and include. In this book Edney disavows the term cartography, rejecting the notion that maps represent an undifferentiated category of objects for study. Rather than treating maps as a single, unified group, he argues, scholars need to take a processual approach that examines specific types of maps—sea charts versus thematic maps, for example—in the context of the unique circumstances of their production, circulation, and consumption. To illuminate this bold argument, Edney chronicles precisely how the ideal of cartography that has developed in the West since 1800 has gone astray. By exposing the flaws in this ideal, his book challenges everyone who studies maps and mapping practices to reexamine their approach to the topic. The study of cartography will never be the same.