collective knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcollectiveandknowledge
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collective
adjective[before noun]
uk/kəˈlek.tɪv/us/kəˈlek.tɪv/
of or shared by every member of a group ...
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knowledge
noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofcollectiveandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What kinds of relationships between teachers, teacher educators and researchers will need to emerge to facilitatecollectiveknowledgeproduction?
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His premise, that the loss of a language impoverishes ourcollectiveknowledge, is not in fact new.
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Wikis are empowering collaborative multiauthored writing to better harnesscollectiveknowledge.
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I hewed to the texture ofcollectiveknowledge, took faith in the solid and availing stuff of our experience.
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The participants also have an idea of theircollectiveknowledgeand skills.
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This form of cooperative investigation that made use of thecollectiveknowledgeof the group became the characteristic mode of distributed inquiry in research groups - but only much later.
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The improved access to the organization'scollectiveknowledgeresults in higher knowledge productivity of workers as they (re)use existing knowledge more effectively and defend themselves from information overload.
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As for universal knowledge, the actuaries pooled their findings into sufficiently large piles to demonstrate thatcollectiveknowledgewas more useful than the isolated discoveries of individuals.
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In the example used in this study, the terrain will develop ways of knowing about fatigue in breast cancer patients from thecollectiveknowledgeof all practitioners in cancer care.
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Case-based diagnostic and troubleshooting applications are also very useful for training new, inexperienced personnel and ensure that thecollectiveknowledgeof the experts is instantaneously accessible to whoever needs it.
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Collectiveknowledgein other words is a shared activity that can be implemented only by interactive agents that belong to a community of practice and understanding.
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Collectiveknowledgeis a social artifact.
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As part of the review, we propose to build upcollectiveknowledgeof what works in designing out crime.
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They need to be able to close gaps in theircollectiveknowledgeand to pursue objectives that appear important for scientific, not commercial, reasons.
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By that they mean not simply personal skills but ourcollectiveknowledgeas a nation.
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And no other nation today possesses thecollectiveknowledgethat we do of that complex country.
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The music had no notation, as it was assumed that the audience had acollectiveknowledgeof popular song.
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Other related phrasings include cumulative knowledge,collectiveknowledge, pooled knowledge, or the wisdom of the crowd.
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It has been especially influential in software engineering where patterns have been used to documentcollectiveknowledgein the field.
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It has been especially influential in software engineering where design patterns have been used to documentcollectiveknowledgein the field.
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