Synthetic report of research and development of professional knowledge practices
31 July 2006
Norway
This deliverable has been produced in the context of the Knowledge-Practice Laboratory (KPLab)
project, which is aimed at facilitating innovative practices of working with knowledge in
higher education, teacher training, and professional networks. This delverable is a synopsis of
the first experiences encountered during the first 6 months of the work in WP10. WP10
focused on tools and practices where elicitation, capturing and creating knowledge in different
representational modes aims to making them available for problem solving and collaborative
knowledge advancement in professional networks.
During the first 6 months the emphasis of work has been on the state-of-the-art research,
organizing and negotiating the empirical cases with professional organizations and on the coevolutionary
process of defining the requirements of KP-Lab tools and practices. State-ofthe-
art research has concentrated on how
In WP 10 we have started to refine the research approaches as there were no ready made
approaches available to us. Drawing on previous experiences we will continue to elaborate
and develop Change Laboratory® approach and Participatory Change Process approach.
To do so, we have negotiated access to and secured collaboration with several empirical
partners. The cases allow for exploring current tools and practices – embrace complexity, and
engage domain experts - from health care, software company, global forest industry
consulting. Lastly, our work has led to some initial requirements of the KP-Lab tools and
practices and support for capturing, eliciting, reusing and suggesting new tools and practices.
project, which is aimed at facilitating innovative practices of working with knowledge in
higher education, teacher training, and professional networks. This delverable is a synopsis of
the first experiences encountered during the first 6 months of the work in WP10. WP10
focused on tools and practices where elicitation, capturing and creating knowledge in different
representational modes aims to making them available for problem solving and collaborative
knowledge advancement in professional networks.
During the first 6 months the emphasis of work has been on the state-of-the-art research,
organizing and negotiating the empirical cases with professional organizations and on the coevolutionary
process of defining the requirements of KP-Lab tools and practices. State-ofthe-
art research has concentrated on how
In WP 10 we have started to refine the research approaches as there were no ready made
approaches available to us. Drawing on previous experiences we will continue to elaborate
and develop Change Laboratory® approach and Participatory Change Process approach.
To do so, we have negotiated access to and secured collaboration with several empirical
partners. The cases allow for exploring current tools and practices – embrace complexity, and
engage domain experts - from health care, software company, global forest industry
consulting. Lastly, our work has led to some initial requirements of the KP-Lab tools and
practices and support for capturing, eliciting, reusing and suggesting new tools and practices.