Personal Web based knowledge management

Throughout life, we continuously accumulate data,
information and knowledge. The ability to recall much
of this accumulated knowledge commonly deteriorates
with time. In the context of education, students
access and interact with a teacher s knowledge in
order to create their own, and may have their own
data, information and knowledge that could be added
to teacher s knowledge for everyone s benefit. The
realization that students can contribute to enhancing
personal knowledge is an important cornerstone in
developing a mentor (teacher, tutor and facilitator)
focused knowledge system. This book presents an
integrated framework, coined the virtualMe, that
manages an individual s personal data, information
and knowledge that can be enhanced by others, in a
blended teaching and learning environment. The
virtualMe also includes: the sniplet content model;
an annotation framework; and a multimedia object
model. This book should be of interest to those
investigating or developing web based systems to
manage and distribute personal information and knowledge.

Autorentext

Dr Michael H. Verhaart, has a PhD in Information Systems fromMassey University. He is a Principal Lecturer at the EasternInstitute of Technology, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, teachesmultimedia and Web technologies, and researches advanced learningtechnologies.

Klappentext

Throughout life, we continuously accumulate data,information and knowledge. The ability to recall muchof this accumulated knowledge commonly deteriorateswith time. In the context of education, studentsaccess and interact with a teacher's knowledge inorder to create their own, and may have their owndata, information and knowledge that could be addedto teacher's knowledge for everyone's benefit. Therealization that students can contribute to enhancingpersonal knowledge is an important cornerstone indeveloping a mentor (teacher, tutor and facilitator)focused knowledge system. This book presents anintegrated framework, coined the virtualMe, thatmanages an individual's personal data, informationand knowledge that can be enhanced by others, in ablended teaching and learning environment. ThevirtualMe also includes: the sniplet content model;an annotation framework; and a multimedia objectmodel. This book should be of interest to thoseinvestigating or developing web based systems tomanage and distribute personal information and knowledge.