The book is authored by three well-known actors of the international eLearning standardisation field. One of the authors, Jon Mason from education.au limited also collaborates with European Schoolnet in terms of global networking. To give a little real-life demonstration of the transformation: the whole book is available on the Internet!

The book attempts to portray three primary drivers of e-knowledge transformation:

• Internet Evolution - new technologies, interoperability standards, and emerging e-knowledge repositories and marketplaces;
• Organisational Innovation - enterprise infrastructures, processes, and knowledge cultures; and
• Resultant Strategic Practices - cascading cycles of reinvention of best practices, business models and strategies for e-knowledge. But what is meant with e-knowledge?

The book explains that the concept of e-knowledge is used as a means of making sense of the fusion of learning and knowledge management made possible by advances in Internet technology and interoperability standards, organizational infrastructures and capabilities, and changing practices, business models and strategies.

"The technologies, standards, infrastructures, and e-knowledge marketplaces needed to make e-knowledge a reality are either possible today or will be within a few years. What is missing? The vision, perspectives, policies, procedures, routines, partnerships, cost structures, capabilities, experience, strategies, and will that is necessary to make e-knowledge happen. Our belief is that the greatest challenges to the development of e-knowledge will emerge within the human and relationship dimension."

Technologies, Standards, and Marketplaces for e-Knowledge

The chapter 4 is named “Technologies, Standards, and Marketplaces for e-Knowledge”. The whole chapter is available on-line and it gives a good terminology to anyone who is interested to join the international conversation.

See below direct links to following sections:

• Terms & Concepts
• Internet Culture Drives the e-Knowledge Industry
• Internet Infrastructures and Technologies
• Application Integration Through Web Services
• Standards Incorporate Consensus and Create Value
• Repositories and Emerging e-Knowledge Marketplaces

Authors of the book “Transforming E-Knowledge”:
Donald Norris, Jon Mason, & Paul Lefrere

Publisher is Society for College and University Planning.
The book is available on-line:
http://www.transformingeknowledge.info/

education.au limited:
http://www.educationau.edu.au/