CALL FOR PAPERS

I-Know ’04 Special Track on
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & (e)LEARNING
www.i-know.at/kmel

30th June 2004, in Graz, Austria

ORGANIZERS
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- Stefanie N. Lindstaedt,Know-Center, Graz, Austria ([log in to unmask])
- Johannes Farmer,Know-Center, Graz, Austria ([log in to unmask])

BACKGROUND
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This special track is the second one of a series started at I-Know’03 which
examines the role of (virtual) Communities of Practice within Modern
Organizations (I-Know’03 special track www.i-know.at/cop).
This year we focus on the Integration of Working and Learning at the
Workplace. For centuries traditional communities have practiced this
integration to their advantage and modern organizations could benefit
from it as well.

The importance of learning episodes within everyday work has been noted
before. E.g. Etienne Wenger and Jean Lave coined the term "legitimate
peripheral participation" to describe the kind of learning happening in
communities of practice. And Peter Drucker stated that "knowledge work is
learning-based." Contrary to these observations the research fields of
knowledge management and (e)Learning have developed rather independently.
In addition, there is not much exchange between the research communities. In
this special track we address researchers from both fields and hope to
encourage fruitful cooperation.

Knowledge Management regards knowledge as an organization’s key asset and
focuses on its role for action within the organization. It aims at fostering
and managing processes like knowledge creation, transfer, application, and
evolution in order to create value within the organization. The ultimate
goal
of knowledge management is to create a learning organization. This term
underlines that the focus of this discipline is the organization and not the
individual. Learning, if mentioned at all, happens at the organization level
and the individual learning processes are typically not in the center of
scientific endeavour.

(e)Learning on the other hand typically focuses entirely on the learning
processes of an individual. In organizations (e)Learning is typically used
for qualification and human resource development programs. However, the
surrounding organization and the effect of the learning on it are typically
not taken into account. Instead much scientific effort is invested in
researching ways through which knowledge transfer to the individual can be
improved. The ultimate goal of (e)Learning is to design didactically sound
teaching modules which adapt themselves to a learners prior knowledge and
favourite learning strategy.

Here Knowledge Management and (e)Learning can be understood as the two
extremes of a spectrum: On the one side the organization and the work
perspective on the other side the individual and the learning perspective.
However, communities of practice illustrate that there are activities which
lie between these two extremes and which are worth examining in order to
enable individuals to work and learn seamlessly to the benefit of their
organization.

GOALS
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We are looking for ideas, approaches, solutions, and experiences from all
kinds of disciplines that could fill the spectrum between Knowledge
Management and (e)Learning. Special focus is on the role information
technology can play here. The special track brings together international
researches as well as practitioners to enable the exchange of current
research and practical experiences. The special track allows for
networking among attendees to establish focussed, international
relationships.

POSSIBLE TOPICS
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Topics include but are not limited to:
- Learning within communities of practice (legitimate peripheral
  participation)
- Learning organizations and knowledge management
- Learning issues within process management
- Workplace and task-oriented learning
- Psychological and sociological aspects of workplace learning
- Organizational and human resource development perspectives
- Expertise sharing
- Organizational memories

TARGET GROUP
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The topics mentioned above address researchers and developers as well as
practitioners and providers in the fields of Knowledge Management,
(e)Learning, Computer Supported Cooperative Working and Learning, Adult
Education, Psychology, Organizational Development, Human Resources, etc. We
aim for a fruitful multidisciplinary exchange of ideas and experiences
between research and practice. The special track will be held in English.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Submissions should not exceed 8 pages. Please prepare your submission
according to the J.UCS author guidelines available at
http://www.jucs.org/jucs_submit/style_guide.html. All submissions,
regardless
of category, should include title, author(s), abstract, keywords, body, and
references. Submissions are to be made electronically in PDF (Adobe's
Portable Document Format) or MS Word. Submissions are treated as
confidential
communications during the review process, so submission does not constitute
public disclosure of any ideas therein. Submissions should contain no
information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the
time
of publication, and should cite no publications that are proprietary or
confidential at the time of publication.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
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Please submit your contribution via http://www.i-know.at/submission. In case
of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact
the organizers at [log in to unmask]

IMPORTANT DATES
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January 26th, 2004 - Submission of papers (8 pages)
March 22nd, 2004   - Notification of acceptance
April 26th, 2004   - Camera ready paper (8 pages)

PUBLICATION
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Accepted papers will be published within the I-Know’04 conference
proceedings
in cooperation with J.UCS and Springer Co. Pub. In addition, special track
presenters have the possibility to publish an extended version of their
paper
(up to 20 pages) in a special issue of J.UCS to appear after the conference.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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- Marco Bettoni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland
- Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
- Gita Haghi, Hewlett Packard, Vienna, Austria
- Kerstin Heuwinkel, Fraunhofer ISST, Dotmund, Germany
- Josef Hofer-Alfeis, Siemens, München, Germany
- Klemens Keindl, Core Business Development GmbH, Germany
- Andrea Kienle, University Dortmund, Germany
- Bernd Overwien, TU Berlin, Germany
- Jennifer Preece, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
- Bernhard Schmiedinger, Profactor, Steyr, Austria
- Ulrik Schroeder, RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Martin Wessner, Fraunhofer IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany
- Michael Zaske, Ministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit und Frauen des
  Landes Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany