By creating (semi-)autonomous group structures in enterprises the work content of the workers changes. Workers are confronted with new working which are enriched by new technologies. Existing training tools for apprentices do not present the interaction between different tasks within a workshop. MuTil will implement a scenario with a complex combination of problems typically appearing in a work...

In this paper, we present a survey on research topics we consider with in the EU project ConIPF (Configuration of Industrial Product Families). The application domain which is considered in this project contains combined hardware/software systems. Those systems share a lot of commonalities and are configured in a rich variety of outcoming products. Besides others, we discuss issues concerning f...

The paper presents a Web application MatPort that is aimed to support enhancement in elementary mathematics pedagogy. In Slovenia, there is a lack of e-Learning courses on elementary school mathematics that would provide teachers and students with verified mathematics problems in Slovene language. The MatPort offers a databank of verified mathematics problems that may be solved on paper or at a...

This is an industry report about a software development project that included a local team and an offshore team. Both teams contained highly qualified experts who had been selected before the project start up. After a year, which could be deemed as a break-in period, the project leaders observed that the quality and quantity of the software modules produced by the two teams were not up to expec...

This paper focuses on supporting knowledge management and exchange between web-based and traditional collaborative environments. In particular we discuss the integration between a tool (CoPe_it!) supporting collaborative argumentation and learning in web-based Communities of Practices and a hypermedia and sense making tool (Compendium) acting as a personal and collective Knowledge Management (K...

The objective of this paper is to investigate how a networking environment affects group creativity and associated creative thinking activity. We believe that, traditional activities are strengthened by the use of information technology. In this paper, a web-based brainstorming system is introduced. It is based on the Internet which provides a multi-dimensional forum to support brainstorming ac...

This study of knowledge management in the Australian Public Service sought evidence of lessons learned in what reportedly is a mature field of endeavour, having been prominent since the last decade of the previous century. Two web-based surveys and a series of follow-up interviews provided the basis for a number of lessons learned. To some extent what was learned was a reinforcement of conventi...

This paper builds upon the previous research of Beynon-Davies and Williams (2003) and their knowledge-based model of the diffusion of Information Systems Development Methods (ISDMs). Through the lens of the implementation of a UK government IS development project we consider how a Rapid Application Development approach was unbundled and contextualized and highlight the problems experienced. We ...

There is no agreement in the litterature about the de nition of integrity constraints in the context of data and/or knowledge bases. What kind of property people want to guarantee using integrity constraints? Is it the property of consistency of database content or the completeness of database content [6] or validity or completeness of database content with regard to the world [3] or some prope...

Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems aim to increase the functionality of hypermedia by making it personalised to individual learners. The adaptive dimension of these systems mainly supports knowledge communication between the system and the learner by adapting the content or the appearance of hypermedia to the knowledge level, goals and other characteristics of each learner. The main object...