Throughout life, we continuously accumulate data,
information and knowledge. The ability to recall much
of this accumulated knowledge commonly deteriorates
with time. In the context of education, students
access and interact with a teacher s knowledge in
order to create their own, and may have their own
data, information and knowledge that could be added
to teacher s knowledge for everyone s benefit. The
realization that students can contribute to enhancing
personal knowledge is an important cornerstone in
developing a mentor (teacher, tutor and facilitator)
focused knowledge system. This book presents an
integrated framework, coined the virtualMe, that
manages an individual s personal data, information
and knowledge that can be enhanced by others, in a
blended teaching and learning environment. The
virtualMe also includes: the sniplet content model;
an annotation framework; and a multimedia object
model. This book should be of interest to those
investigating or developing web based systems to
manage and distribute personal information and knowledge.
information and knowledge. The ability to recall much
of this accumulated knowledge commonly deteriorates
with time. In the context of education, students
access and interact with a teacher s knowledge in
order to create their own, and may have their own
data, information and knowledge that could be added
to teacher s knowledge for everyone s benefit. The
realization that students can contribute to enhancing
personal knowledge is an important cornerstone in
developing a mentor (teacher, tutor and facilitator)
focused knowledge system. This book presents an
integrated framework, coined the virtualMe, that
manages an individual s personal data, information
and knowledge that can be enhanced by others, in a
blended teaching and learning environment. The
virtualMe also includes: the sniplet content model;
an annotation framework; and a multimedia object
model. This book should be of interest to those
investigating or developing web based systems to
manage and distribute personal information and knowledge.