Post on 27-Dec-2015
Knowledge Building
Marlene ScardamaliaMary Lamon
Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology (IKIT)OISE/University of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada
Knowledge Building
Marlene ScardamaliaMary Lamon
Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology (IKIT)OISE/University of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada
The Knowledge Society ChallengeThe Knowledge Society Challenge
• Productive manipulation of symbols
• Beyond basic literacy
• High level of achievement
• Beyond learning to creating knowledge
• Productive manipulation of symbols
• Beyond basic literacy
• High level of achievement
• Beyond learning to creating knowledge
Technological and social innovations are simultaneous
Technology Innovation
Knowledge Forum® - the software
Technology Innovation
Knowledge Forum® - the software
Embedding the process of innovation into the everyday lives of knowledge workers
Knowledge Forum is a fully component-based Internet-savvy knowledge building environment. Since its inception, Knowledge Forum has been recognized as the leading computer environment for collaborative knowledge building.
Used from elementary to tertiary education, health care and community organizations, and businesses.
Embedding the process of innovation into the everyday lives of knowledge workers
Knowledge Forum is a fully component-based Internet-savvy knowledge building environment. Since its inception, Knowledge Forum has been recognized as the leading computer environment for collaborative knowledge building.
Used from elementary to tertiary education, health care and community organizations, and businesses.
A brief tutorial on the software
Hong Kong
This is a note: the basic way to contribute to the
database
Knowledge Forum is a multimedia database
supporting creative work with ideas.
The body of a note with searchable keywords helps people find others with similar interests.
Views contain notes on the same
problem or theme. Notes can be moved from View to View as
ideas develop.
Notes in pink -read; those in blue - not
read. This is a quick way to see what
you’ve read.
Drawing tools
Inserting a picture frame
This is a new View:Graphics can be drawn or copied as backgrounds.
Scaffold supports are like the scaffolds thatbuilders use - they keep the building up and are removed when not needed.
References avoid the copy and delete strategy thatmany students tend to use when writing.
Students build on each others’ work
Marlene Scardamalia, the Director of the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology and designer ofKnowledge Forum, describes how the software supports
knowledge building communities
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advanced Informationtechnology
advanced Informationtechnology
knowledge-basedsocieties and economies
knowledge-basedsocieties and economies
Knowledge BuildingKnowledge Building
Producing knowledge of value to a
community, and continually improving it
Producing knowledge of value to a
community, and continually improving it
• Starts with the natural tendency to play with ideas
• Emphasis is on solving problems of understanding
• Community values include continual improvement of ideas, knowledge-building discussions, collective responsibility
The Social Innovation
How the curriculumusually works:From experts to novices
What does a revolution in schooling look like?
Improvable Ideas
All ideas are treated as improvable. Students work continuously to improve the quality, coherence, and utility of ideas.
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1996/1997- Grade 4 students had already made this discovery!
1996/1997- Grade 4 students had already made this discovery!
QuickTime™ and aSorenson Video 3 decompressorare needed to see this picture.Students set forth their ideas and negotiate a fit between personal ideas and ideas of others.
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Yes, the curriculum is covered!
Everyone builds knowledge: Teachers, researchers and physicists trying to understand how to teach flight to Grade 5 students
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Knowledge problems arise from efforts to understand the world. Ideas produced or appropriated are as real as things touched and felt.
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Democratizing Knowledge
All participants are legitimate contributors to the shared goals
of the community
Dialogue with elders in Iqaluit
Learning about my stars and constellations, [Inuit phrase] movie
Rose Avenue Public School and the Institute of Child StudyRose Avenue Public School and the Institute of Child Study
People simultaneously building their own knowledge while advancing the knowledge of others
Community Knowledge
Contributions to shared, top-level goals of the organization are prized.
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Harry Camsell School in Hay River, NWT
and the Institute of Child Study, ONHarry Camsell School in Hay River, NWT
and the Institute of Child Study, ON
Beyond Best Practice: Symmetric Knowledge Advancement
Beyond Best Practice: Symmetric Knowledge Advancement
The Simple StoryThe Simple Story
The more you work with ideas the more you learn
the more you innovate
The more you work with ideas the more you learn
the more you innovate
The Knowledge Building Trajectory:Everyone Richer
The Knowledge Building Trajectory:Everyone Richer
• Knowledge that is immediately useful to themselves and their community
• Habits of mind conducive to lifelong learning
• Connected discourses within and between communities that open new possibilities for barrier-crossing and mutual support
• Knowledge that is immediately useful to themselves and their community
• Habits of mind conducive to lifelong learning
• Connected discourses within and between communities that open new possibilities for barrier-crossing and mutual support
Which Way to the Revolution?Which Way to the Revolution?
The Barrier: Knowledge building is a luxury-- to be enjoyed after the basics, after the scores are up.
The Challenge: Incorporate creative work with ideas from the beginning.
The Barrier: Knowledge building is a luxury-- to be enjoyed after the basics, after the scores are up.
The Challenge: Incorporate creative work with ideas from the beginning.
Analysis tools in Knowledge Forum
Research ResultsResearch Results
• Standardized test scores in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and spelling
• Ability to read difficult texts
• Quality of questions and comments
• Depth of explanation
• Graphical literacy
• Conceptual change
• Math problem solving
• Portfolio commentaries
• Collaborative processes
• Inquiry processes
• Standardized test scores in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and spelling
• Ability to read difficult texts
• Quality of questions and comments
• Depth of explanation
• Graphical literacy
• Conceptual change
• Math problem solving
• Portfolio commentaries
• Collaborative processes
• Inquiry processes
Grade 1 Student: Looking to Life Without Knowledge Forum
Grade 1 Student: Looking to Life Without Knowledge Forum
Where will my ideas go?
Who will help improve them?
Where will my ideas go?
Who will help improve them?
For more information please go to http://ikit.org
or to
http://ikit.org/demo
or email
mlamonmlamon@kf.oise.utoronto.ca