Knowledge A Visual Compendium

Knowledge a Visual Compendium

Ever wondered how many moons there are in our solar system, or the number of Olympic sports, or who the 46 US presidents were? If so, this is the book for you! Leaf through the pages of this beautiful book and you'll find an intriguing array of objects, animals, lists, and artifacts from nature, science, technology, the arts, and history, which illustrate how we order, understand, and make sense of the world. Discover the 40 orders of birds, the 13 levels of the Beaufort Wind Scale, the 88 constellations, the 36 Morse Code symbols, the 206 bones in the human body, and much more! With its combination of attractive, timeless images and expert, engaging text, The Knowledge Compendium Book is perfect for children (and adults!) who are curious about the world and the lists, systems, and categories that help us understand it.

Knowledge A Visual Compendium

Knowledge Cartography

Focuses on the process by which manually crafting interactive, hypertextual maps clarifies one’s own understanding, communicates it to others, and enables collective intelligence. The authors see mapping software as visual tools for reading and writing in a networked age. In an information ocean, the challenge is to find meaningful patterns around which we can weave plausible narratives. Maps of concepts, discussions and arguments make the connections between ideas tangible - and critically, disputable. With 22 chapters from leading researchers and practitioners (5 of them new for this edition), the reader will find the current state-of-the-art in the field. Part 1 focuses on knowledge maps for learning and teaching in schools and universities, before Part 2 turns to knowledge maps for information analysis and knowledge management in professional communities, but with many cross-cutting themes: · reflective practitioners documenting the most effective ways to map · conceptual frameworks for evaluating representations · real world case studies showing added value for professionals · more experimental case studies from research and education · visual languages, many of which work on both paper and with software · knowledge cartography software, much of it freely available and open source · visit the companion website for extra resources: books.kmi.open.ac.uk/knowledge-cartography Knowledge Cartography will be of interest to learners, educators, and researchers in all disciplines, as well as policy analysts, scenario planners, knowledge managers and team facilitators. Practitioners will find new perspectives and tools to expand their repertoire, while researchers will find rich enough conceptual grounding for further scholarship.