Intranets Look Vainly to Knowledge Management
David Walker,
Shorewalker,
Sept 07, 2004
Fascinating, the vagueness you get when you attribute human qualities to non-human entities. By 'vainly' does the author mean 'with vanity' or 'in a futile fashion'? No matter. The author, responding to a recent Line56 column, advances the idea that knowledge cannot be captured. It's not an original criticism, but it's nicely put, if overstated. I love the irony of this statement: "But teaching and learning are not even inherently well-suited to digital media. At an individual level, this teaching and learning often happens best with the participants face-to-face or talking on the phone." What is a phone (at least, an IP phone), if not digital media? The criticism, I think, applies to the method, not the medium, an idea that is captured by this piece, an argument against the use of the words 'knowledge sharing' - if not the actual practice. Both items via elearningpost.
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