Knowledge utilization: The role of new communication technologies

Paisley, William

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199305)44:4<222::aid-asi10>3.0.co;2-0

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“…Reports do not necessarily have to take the 'Barber and Mourshed' approach, but there is a requirement for rigorous information that is also easy on the eye (and so, also on the brain). (iii) The efficacy of the communication type: early studies such as that of Paisley (1993) suggest that new and emerging methods of communication will only be effective when used in conjunction with face-to-face interaction. This corresponds with the findings of a review by Lavis et al (2003), the views of Levin (2008), Cohn (2006) and with the work of Davies (2006); all of which indicate that passive communication processes (for example, making research findings available via websites) are ineffective, while interactive face-to-face engagements between policy-makers and researchers are more likely to lead to research findings being acted upon (Innvaer et al 2002;Campbell et al 2007;Moore et al 2011).…”

Section: Factors Affecting the Success Of Approaches To Knowledge Adomentioning

confidence: 99%

Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process

Brown¹

2013

London Review of Education

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The process of 'knowledge adoption' is defined as the means through which policy-makers digest, accept then 'take on board' research findings. It is argued in Brown, however, that current models designed to explain knowledge adoption activity fail to fully account for the complexities that affect its operation. Within this paper, existing frameworks are explored and critiqued, and an alternative approach is presented. It is argued that this alternative conceptualisation provides a more effective explanation of the knowledge adoption process and significantly improves on extant work in this area.

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Section: Factors Affecting the Success Of Approaches To Knowledge Adomentioning

confidence: 99%

Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process

Brown¹

2013

London Review of Education

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“…Exposure and experience (i.e., dissemination) strategies are designed to spread or promulgate new information and ensure that individuals are knowledgeable and have positive attitudes toward the information. These strategies include exposure-related activities, such as traditional passive methods of dissemination (journal or popular articles, conferences, lectures) [42], as well as newer methods (Web strategies) based on an active information-seeking paradigm [79]. The information-seeking paradigm sees users as exploring, learning, analyzing, and confirming information, rather than just reading it.…”

Section: Principle 4 Convey Evidence-based Messages Using Organized mentioning

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Bridging science to service: Using Rehabilitation Research and Training Center program to ensure that research-based knowledge makes a difference

Farkas

Anthony²

2007

JRRD

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Abstract-The challenge of bridging science to service is increasingly visible in the healthcare field, with emphasis on the influence of evidence-based knowledge on both policy and practice. Since its inception more than 40 years ago, the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) program has provided grants for both research and training activities designed to ensure that research knowledge is translated into practice. The RRTC program is unique in that its mission and funding have always required that both time and money be invested in the translation and dissemination of researchgenerated knowledge to users in the field, i.e., decision makers and practitioners. Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation has been an RRTC for more than 25 years and provides an example of the effect of the RRTC program in bridging science to service. The Center's mission as an RRTC has been to develop and transfer research knowledge to decision makers and practitioners who can then inform change and promote progress in mental health disability policy and practice. This article reviews five basic dissemination and utilization principles for overcoming the most common barriers to effective dissemination of evidence-based knowledge and provides examples of the Center's activities related to each principle. In addition, a knowledge-transfer framework developed by the Center to organize dissemination and utilization efforts is described.

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“…These strategies include activities such as the traditional, more passive methods of dissemination (e.g. journal or popular articles, conferences or lectures 13) as well as newer methods, such as web strategies, based on an active, information seeking paradigm 14) . Napping researchers need to look for ways to increase the interactive nature of the communication about napping; that is, helping people to explore, learn, analyze and confirm napping information, rather than just reading about it.…”

Section: Principle 4 Convey Evidence Based Messages To Achieve Targementioning

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The Napping Company: Bringing Science to the Workplace

Anthony¹,

Anthony²

2005

Ind Health

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Increasing emphasis is currently being given to the importance of bringing knowledge gained from science into places where people live and work, in order to increase the impact science has on the general public's quality of life. Scientific findings about the positive impact of napping on mood and performance are an example of research generated knowledge that needs to be brought to the workplace. A major goal of the Napping Company (www.napping.com) is to bring the science of napping to the workers and the workplace so that employees and employers can act on this knowledge and change worker napping behavior and employer napping policies. The present paper overviews the challenges inherent in making scientific knowledge useful to how we live our lives. The Napping Company is guided by five principles of knowledge transfer in the company's attempts to disseminate and increase utilization of napping research. Examples are given to illustrate how the Napping Company has used these principles to bridge the gap between napping science and nap behavior and policies in the workplace.

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Knowledge utilization: The role of new communication technologies

Cited by 34 publications

References 7 publications

Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process

Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process

Bridging science to service: Using Rehabilitation Research and Training Center program to ensure that research-based knowledge makes a difference

The Napping Company: Bringing Science to the Workplace

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