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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Knowledge dissemination"”.
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Improving learning experience in MOOCs with educational content linking
… ability to transcend time and space, democratize knowledge dissemination, and bring the best education in the world to every learner. However, the disparate distances between participants, the size of the learner population, and the heterogeneity of the learner backgrounds make it difficult for …
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Innovation in the life sciences : the impact of intellectual property rights on scientific knowledge diffusion, accumulation and utilization
… diffusion and accumulation of scientific knowledge has been a central concern of public policymakers and economists in both public and private institutions, and scholars in management economics and sociology. In this dissertation, I examine the central patenting debates over the role of …
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Assessment of Environmental Interventions’ by Local Government Authorities on Quality of Environment Conservation in Three Selected Council of Dodoma Region, Tanzania
… poor use of natural resources, lack of adequate knowledge and knowledge dissemination, financial constraints and conflict of interest among stakeholders. Therefore, it is recommended that, ongoing interventions to environmental conservation should be refined and strengthened for quality and …
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Being believed: Life history and the healing journey of Indian Residential School survivors
… to epistemic injustice (an injustice related to knowledge and power differences). A considerable part of the Survivors’ healing processes centred on their experience with an out-of-court reparations process known as the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), a compensatory component of the Indian …
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An exploration of parents' and guardians' perspectives on facilitators and barriers to menstrual cup usage amongst adolescent girls in De Doorns, Cape Winelands
… girls. Further, there is a need for further knowledge dissemination to increase community buy-in.
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Smart Home Cybersecurity Challenges: An Assessment of End-User Knowledge and a Training Solution to Mitigate These Challenges
… end-users, often possessing rudimentary knowledge of associated risks, remain vulnerable to breaches of their privacy and security. Given that smart devices, interconnected and internet-enabled, relay substantial data, they are attractive targets for hackers. One fundamental reason for …
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Sustaining a culture of innovation delivery in society. A practice-led study of the role of design thinking frameworks
… It investigates the social dynamics surrounding knowledge dissemination and the societal reception of innovative practices. Drawing upon insights gathered from a diverse cohort of design practitioners over a span of twenty-five years, this research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of …
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English-mediated oral presentations in pharmacy : exploring literacy practices among Saudi female undergraduates
… presentations as a common academic genre for knowledge dissemination, this study employs an ethnographically-oriented case study to examine how eight year-five undergraduates in a Pharmacy College in Saudi Arabia engage with seminar presentations. The study adopts a social view of literacy to …
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Agent organization in the knowledge plane
… and contention for network resources. The Knowledge Plane (KP) is a new common construct that provides knowledge and expertise to meet the functional, policy and scaling requirements of network management, as well as to create synergy and exploit commonality among many network applications. …
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Social Integration in Agile User Experience: Building Social Capital in Agile User Experience Software Teams
… as a means to improving how user experience knowledge is managed. Results from a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) were that: a combination of trust and shared meaning are associated with the impediment of knowledge construction and dissemination; a combination of lead governance, trust, …
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Increasing the Reach, Usage, and Impact of Scholarly Content
Scholarly communication is facing an information overload crisis. There are now over 8,000 new papers published daily. Aside from the difficulty readers face in keeping up with the literature, the deluge of papers is making it less likely for any given paper to be read, used, and ultimately cited. …
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Perceived relationships among knowledge management, total quality management, and organization innovation performance: a Thai study
… study was to examine the relationships among Knowledge Management (KM), Total Quality Management (TQM), and organization innovation performance (INNO), and to determine the role of KM implemented through TQM in INNO. KM was adopted as an independent variable with four subgroups: knowledge …
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How to DO(O) Things with Sounds: A Performative (Re)User Manual
… modes of transformation, organisation and knowledge dissemination. Central to this thesis is the idea that sound art is capable of generating its own kind of thinking which is only accessible through practice-led procedures or doing-thinking.
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Exploring the State of Sexual Health Literacy among Young Black Gay and Other Men who Have Sex with Other Men in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
… on YBGM’s pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) knowledge. My findings revealed that YBGM’s limited PrEP knowledge was due to healthcare institutions’ inability to effectively disseminate PrEP information coupled with the impact of PrEP stigma and their social locations on this knowledge. …
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Exploring the experience of involuntary spousal separation in Ontario, Canada: A Participatory Action Research Study
… and 4) Separated spouses need more education, knowledge, and access to LTC policies and supports. Conclusion: The findings from this dissertation highlight the importance of an inclusive and proactive advocacy approach to improving the services, programs, and policies supporting spouses …
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An analysis of the sociotechnical transition process from the existing centralised alternating current voltage electrical system in the UK to one where distributed direct current voltage is used to meet the energy needs of the built environment
… is in focus for the office rather than the home. Knowledge dissemination especially via education, government procurement and energy policy, and the importance of independence from the market are key components for a successful proliferation. A conundrum connecting renewable generation, the carbon …
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The Impact of social media on knowledge management within organisations
Knowledge management is crucial to the sustainability and success of an organisation. Identifying and sourcing knowledge is critical for modern, multi-national organisations which strive for competitive advantage across multiple markets. Organisational development, change management, innovation and …
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Inter-organisational knowledge sharing by owners and managers of tourism and hospitality businesses of the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch conurbation, United Kingdom: an analysis of the motives, information content and networking.
This research study relates to knowledge management within the tourism sector and makes a contribution to the subject matter of inter-organisational knowledge sharing. The tourism sector has been slow to adopt the principles of knowledge management (Cooper, 2006; Cooper and Sheldon, 2010) and there …
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The Conflict Between the International Copyright Regime and Islamic Social Justice Theory Regarding Access to Knowledge and Educational Materials
Copyright has a solid relationship with access to knowledge and educational materials. On the one hand, copyright can enhance the dissemination of and access to knowledge and educational materials by providing creators with optimal protection that incentivises them to produce and disseminate their …
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Assessing the cognitive fit of hypertext-based learning aids for advanced learning in complex and ill-structured domains
… technologies allow learners to create their own knowledge structures. This situation makes them compatible with Schein's (92) and Zuboff's (88) "visions" of IT in organizations when these visions are extended to include the impact of IT on electronic classrooms. Literature regarding the use of …
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