Linguists seem to agree since long in claiming that a ’good’ argumentation system should be keen in selecting the arguments that are ’strong’ in given circumstances, by envisaging counter-arguments and producing counter-counter arguments (in advance if needed, or on request), in order to eventually produce a well formatted, coherent and ’convincing’ message. Argumentation theories go back to th...

of issues that deserve close consideration. No panaceas are In the past fifteen years artificial intelligence has changed from being the preoccupation of a handful of scientists to a thriving enterprise that has captured the imagination of world leaders and ordinary citizens alike. While corporate and government officials organize new projects offered-each individual and each institution will u...

This column recounts the evolution of AI research in Korea. I tell a story of agents, that is, humans and machines, that shaped the AI landscape. I sketch the formation and transformation of the AI communities from the 1980s to 2010s. The whole story consists of five periods: settlement, exploration, diversification, unification, and growth. I also describe recent activities in AI, along with g...

An approach to practice research is presented. The main ideas of practice research is 1) to consider the empirical field in terms of practices, 2) to develop knowledge through situational inquiries into local operational practices based on problems and needs in such practices and 3) to contribute with abstract useful knowledge to general practice and research community. This means that practice...

Citizen Inquiry forms a new method of informal science learning and aims to enable the engagement of citizens in online scientific investigations. Citizen Inquiry combines aspects from Citizen Science and Inquiry-based learning and is implemented through a community of practice where people having a shared interest interact and exchange knowledge and methods supported and guided by online syste...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conduct a scientometric analysis of the body of literature contained in 11 major knowledge management and intellectual capital (KM/IC) peer-reviewed journals. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 2,175 articles published in 11 major KM/IC peer-reviewed journals were carefully reviewed and subjected to scientometric data analysis techniques. Findings...

Sociologists know surprisingly little about the religious lives of adolescents in the United States. This article begins to redress that unfortunate lack of knowledge by examining descriptive findings on adolescent religious participation from three recent, reputable national surveys of American youth. We present descriptive statistics on three fundamental aspects of youth religious participati...

Neighborhood accessibility affects a wider range of people, especially the vulnerable groups. The disablement built environment imposes limitation for groups to reach facilities and services independently. can only be effective when it is interconnected seamless. Research in past focuses on problem base approach which had little success eliciting responses from stakeholders sustainable change t...

In order to plan and enact appropriate learning environments in physical education (PE) teachers are increasingly directed to models based practice. The Sport Education model is one of these models for PE curriculum and teaching design that informs the content and pedagogical direction of sport teaching in PE. Despite Sport Education being well researched internationally, there are few examples...