CIT 2007 - WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2007

Personal Knowledge Management - Strategies and Technologies To Make Information Work For You!

Instructor: Graham Glynn
Executive Director of Teaching, Learning & Technology
State University at Stony Brook

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Feinberg Library 103F
Rating: Introductory
Platform: PC
Cost: $40

Description:

Learning new information and incorporating it into ones knowledge is a very individual and personal process. It is affected by existing knowledge and experience, learning styles, emotional impact and biases. Knowledge management is therefore most effective at the individual level where new information can be incorporated into existing knowledge, classified, interrelated and structured based on individual needs and criteria.

There are many sophisticated information distribution methods and systems such as BlackBoard, and ANGEL. We invest a great deal in developing rich media to convey ideas and a large majority of both students and faculty information is received in electronic form. Because we don't have the tools or know the best strategies, most of us print information to work with it. We therefore lose all the power of the digital format for searching, structuring and cross linking the information. KnowledgeWorkshop is powerful free personal knowledge management utility for the PC that is designed to empower the information worker and enable him to capitalize on digital information. It is a lifelong learning tool which enables students and faculty to integrate information across multiple sources and time. It also provides knowledge sharing tools which include sharing structure, relationships and metadata which can form the basis for a unique educational approach.