What is an IKE?

[Jay Collier]

I've edited the home page to be explicit about "What is an IKE."

<http://sites.google.com/site/ikeproject/>

"An online experience for members of college and university
communities that: simplifies the collaboration, creation, storage,
organization, publishing, and access to knowledge, beyond the
classroom, and across media and devices.

"The puprose of the IKE Project is to envision, identify, and promote
such environments."

Thoughts?

[jhart]

I made some grammatical changes.

Beyond that, our wording has focused on "knowledge". Don't we also want to support thinking and learning? If so, is "Integrated Knowledge Environment" a self-limiting title for the scope of our goals?

Jim Hart
Internet Software Services
Bates College

[Jay Collier]

I think the assumption that "knowledge" excludes "thinking" and
"learning" is worth reconsidering. Here's another way of looking at it.

Knowledge is a product of thinking and learning. Learning builds upon
access to existing knowledge. From a liberal education perspective,
effective learning occurs during face-to-face process of transmission
from master to apprentice. An IKE provides insight into that
relationship: knowledge of the particular relationship between master
and apprentice in a particular field, and an opportunity to explore a
public voice in one or more fields.

Learning is only partially about thinking; in other words, thinking is
necessary, but so are contemplation and action.

The term "Integrated Knowledge Environment" was discussed and selected
in April, and is final.

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