Unveiling the concept of Sharing and publishing knowledge

1- Sharing and Publishing:

Sharing knowledge is a voluntary process in which knowledge is shared or disseminated from one person to another. These are awareness and experiences among students that aim not only to increase their own knowledge but also to create a common store of reusable knowledge. Knowledge is passed on by sharing your knowledge with others. The transfer of knowledge through an organization or institution is called knowledge sharing.

 

A social network of knowledge sharing is formed by mutual cooperation between individuals, groups and institutions. These relationships are formed by social connections and mutual interactions, these interactions occur repeatedly and there are many purposes behind these relationships, such as finding new opportunities, learning best practices and getting common useful information, etc. In such a case, communities of practice  formalize their social networks, allowing experts to come together to share their knowledge with others. Thus, group work becomes more attractive and useful.

   

The concept of the communities of knowledge and practice was presented by Etienne Wenger.These communities consist of individuals who are informally connected and play important roles throughout the process. They all come together because they have a common vision and want to learn and share knowledge with others.

 

The community forms a field of knowledge which creates new knowledge.

Knowledge transfer is a combination of social exchanges that take place through direct personal interaction or through intermediaries such as I.T. system.

 Knowledge Management system connects people to knowledge without the difficulty of physical distances.

 

2- Publishing:

Publishing refers to the dissemination of literature, music or information. It is an activity in which various measures are taken to convey information to the public, sometimes the authors are their own publishers. That is, where they produce the content themselves, they also provide the media to disseminate it themselves, the head of a publishing house or the owner of a magazine is also called the publisher.

 

 

Traditionally, the term publishing has been used only for printed works such as books and newspapers, but with the advent of digital information systems and the Internet, its scope has increased. Now electronic means have also been included in it. E.g. electronic or digital forms of books, one version, Websites and Blogs etc.

 

3- Stages of Publishing:

The publishing process involves following steps.

 

i:- Acquisition.

 

ii:- Copy Editing.

 

iii:- Production.

 

iv:- Printing and Marketing.

 

v:- Distribution.

 

4- Tools of Sharing and Publishing Information:

* Meetings

 

* Interviews

 

* Storytelling

 

* Peer Assists

 

* Most Significant Changes

 

* Communities of Practice

 

* Blogs

 

* Mind Mapping

 

* Slide Shows

 

* Community Interactive Theater

 

* Chat or Talk Shows

 

5- Sources of online knowledge sharing:

The following sources are used for online sharing of knowledge.

 

* Internet

 

* Blogs

 

* wikis

 

* Google Documents

 

* Micro Blogging

 

* Personal Home Pages

 

* Photo Sharing

 

* Social Media

 

* Widgets

 

* Websites

 

* Video

 

Many people consider knowledge to be a rich type of information. According to one definition of knowledge, it is the knowledge of why and how to do something, new innovations, rapid changes, increasing globalization and sharing and publishing of knowledge is very important to carry new ideas.