Posted by Reilly Atkinson on August 10, 2000 at 13:20:46:

In Reply to: Re: Knowledge engineering posted by Andy on August 07, 2000 at 08:56:21:

Andy -- I'm curious, as in: you say that the teacher should provide a pathway to assimilation.Robert said the teacher has the responsibility to ensure assimilation. My take came out as help the student to assimilate or learn. The sense I get is that you do agree with Robert, but your text says exactly what mine does. I'm confused.

What is the "blank page premise"? I'd be most grateful for a definition.

When you speak of "outside" and "open knowlege sharing...." are you, perhaps, distinguishing between a formal lecture approach vs. a seminar/workshop approach to teaching and learning?

Now, as to efficiency and "reinventing" the wheel, and discovering their own way of doing things. Everybody must learn their own way of doing arithmetic, of memorizing, of making an outline, of writing, of speaking, of doing anything artistic or creative, of being a leader, a manager, a parent, a teacher, of solving problems, programming a computer, of doing research... The list is virtually endless. Now and then again, a little inefficiency is a vary good thing.

(When I think of reinventing the wheel, I think of neglect or ignorance of the past. For example, IMO, too few KM folks seem to be aware of the long history of KM. Thus, for example, they miss the benefit of the KM approaches practiced in the scientific community (dialogue, communities of practice, knowledge sharing, creation, and on and on. How exactly did we get through the Dark Ages?). But what do I know, I'm over 60 and a scientist to boot.

As every parent knows, in some way, kids need roots and wings. Don't deny them their wings, inefficient as the development process may be.

Regards,
Reilly Atkinson

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