Knowledge Spiral

http://www.uky.edu/~gmswan3/575/nonaka.pdf

Socialization meaning that my feeling, my understanding, and my knowledge is shared and brought together, brainstormed, debated, and come to a consensus (collective understanding) peer discussion in order to seek the pure benefit. Externalization - from Tacit to Explicit meaning you articulate "conceptual" tacit knowledge explicitly through the use of such techniques as metaphors and models. Internalization, this is "learning by doing" (operational knowledge) and sharing mental models and technical know-how. True learning happens when the learner has internalized what they have taken in. Combination - from Explicit to Explicit: manipulating explicit "systemic" knowledge through such techniques as sorting and combining. For this to occur, the knowledge elements must "fit together." The starting point depends on the context, but there is a series of conversions. The role of technology plays a part in each portion of the cycle because in some cases it makes more sense to have technology.