Combining knowledge and education

Mike Barker

January 2007

Background

Learning activities

Assessments

Motivation

Socialize

empathize

Externalize

articulate

Internalize

Embody

Combine

Connect

Tacit Knowledge

Explicit Knowledge

Background

• Individual knowledge and skills• Individual way of seeing the world (interpretive s

chema, models)• Existing relationships• MBTI, Big 5 – personality• Learning styles

– Visual: text or graphic– Auditory: vocal, musical– Kinesthetic: Do it, projects, etc.

• EQ, multiple intelligences, and other approaches?

MBTI

• Extrovert/introvert: Orientation

• Sensing/intuition: Perceiving

• Thinking/feeling: Judgment

• Judging/perceiving: Display (J: plan and organize, P: flexible and spontaneous)

Big 5

• Extraversion

• Openness

• Agreeableness

• Conscientiousness

• Emotional stability

Motivation

• External/internal• Hygienic factors and motivators (blockers

and impetus)• ARCS: Attention, Relevance, Confidence,

Satisfaction• SIEM assessment standard (Dohi, Miyaka

wa, & Konno, 2005) http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1560300

Activities

• Lectures

• Reading

• Practice

• Projects

• Simulations

Assessments

• Completion, short answer, true/false• Multiple-choice and matching• Essays and papers• Projects• Portfolios• Rating scales and scoring rubrics• Formative evaluations/summative evaluation• Standardized tests• Surveys

Environment

• Degree of change/stability

Knowledge Creation Cycle

• Based on Takeuchi, 2006

• See SECI, Nonaka & Takeuchi searches

Socialize

empathize

Externalize

articulate

Internalize

Embody

Combine

Connect

Tacit Knowledge

Explicit Knowledge