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The basic argument is that knowledge creation is a synthesizing process through which an organization interacts with individuals and the environment to transcend emerging contradictions that the organization faces

Social bookmarking and tagging are two separate concept that share two primary traits: 1) the ability of individuals to organize knowledge in a manner that is personally meaningful and 2) to share, network and collaborate with others who share similar interests. *examining the social bookmarks by using “Network” feature in del.icio.us . Del.icio.us and Digg are two prominent examples. Sites like Furl go beyond simple bookmarking by saving a copy of the site itself. Setting aside copyright concerns, Furl ensures that valuable resources don’t disappear when a link changes or a site closes. * Organizing references: Certain sites – like connotea and CiteULike – are useful for learners to organize references when working on research papers. In addition to organizing, the references can also easily be shared with others. * Group work – have learners post their individual or group work resources on a bookmarking site, so instructors and class members can learn from the research activities of others * Encourage readers to capture resources of interest in a social bookmarking service, so future search in particular subject areas can occur within the knowledge resource they have created * Create a personal knowledge repository through sites like furl which ensure important links are kept * Tie bookmarking into blogging activities…ask learners to create a blog where important reflections – coming out of social bookmarking – can be expressed and explored (and in the process, if blogs are public, enable learners to bookmark the writing of classmates).

For readers interested in learning more about gamification from the pros, check out these links, too: Avant Game: gaming for a better world with Jane McGonigal. Bruce on Games: Bruce Everiss’s industry-analysis blog, useful for thinking about how games are distributed all around, but seldom through, school. coding conduct: research and presentations on “persuasive design” and gamification from Sebastian Deterding. Design for Learning: Dean Groom’s blog on games, virtual environments, and learning. Epic Win and Mindbloom: two examples of gamified life-management apps. Foursquare and Gowalla: two examples of location-based gamification apps. Game Dev Story: a fun little app that captures a very rough sketch of the gaming industry, it’s decision-making, costs, and career paths. “Gamification Needs to Level Up — Here’s How”: an article about next steps in gamification (and maybe learning design). “Happy 2011: Celebrating frontiers in Game Design”: a great post from the awesome Lost Garden blog about where we are in gaming. Gamepocalypse Now: quick posts about gamification examples and resources from Jesse Schell. iCivics: an example of blended, game-based learning mixing civics games and traditional curriculum; Do I Have a Right? is a student favorite. Progress Wars: a satire of gaming – and role-playing games in particular – that sums up arguments against gaming. Tom Barrett’s games-based learning posts on his edte.ch blog. Wikipedia entries on Flow and Gamificiation

Digital curation, which encompasses both data curation and digital preservation activities, is the active management and enhancement of trusted digital resources across the life cycle.