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Web-based Learning Solutions for Communities of Practice

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From ‘Collecting’ to ‘Deciding’<br />

Figure 5. Relationships between resources. Color and thickness <strong>of</strong> the relationships conveys meaning.<br />

trans<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> the available resources into<br />

knowledge structures. Within CoPe_it! these<br />

mechanisms include:<br />

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Explicit trans<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> resources.<br />

Individual resources can be trans<strong>for</strong>med<br />

from one type to another without any constraint<br />

by anyone and at any point in time.<br />

Aggregation <strong>of</strong> resources. Resources can<br />

be aggregated into larger structures and<br />

these structures can be treated as a single<br />

entity. Aggregated resources may be typed;<br />

they can be trans<strong>for</strong>med into one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

available knowledge types and can take<br />

part in any structuring activity e.g. relating<br />

an aggregated entity with a note or another<br />

idea. For example, a set <strong>of</strong> aggregated resources<br />

can be cast into an idea, comment<br />

Figure 6. Example <strong>of</strong> breaking-up a resource. The selected part <strong>of</strong> the content can be used as a separate<br />

entity within the workspace.<br />

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