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Knowledge Mobilization for e-Living: Horizontal and Vertical Networks for Development

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Informatics Engineering and Information Science (ICIEIS 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 251))

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The objective of this paper is to outline the development of knowledge mobilization in terms of inter-school and school to home collaboration to extend learning opportunities, particularly for students and their families who live in rural communities. The application of internet-based technologies has enabled networks to be established for the development of small schools located beyond major centres of population in ways that have expanded their learning capacities and, potentially, sustained the communities that host them. The creation of internet-based networks has, furthermore, enabled knowledge to be mobilized between schools and their communities, thereby promoting new e-living possibilities.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, NL, Canada, A1B3X8

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  1. Advanced Informatics School (UTM AIS), UTM International Campus, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Azizah Abd Manaf , Akram Zeki , Mazdak Zamani  & Suriayati Chuprat , ,  & 

  2. Information Systems Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Eyas El-Qawasmeh

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Stevens, K. (2011). Knowledge Mobilization for e-Living: Horizontal and Vertical Networks for Development. In: Abd Manaf, A., Zeki, A., Zamani, M., Chuprat, S., El-Qawasmeh, E. (eds) Informatics Engineering and Information Science. ICIEIS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 251. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25327-0_1

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