Process
Ways and means of knowledge mobilization are many and encompass a variety of strategies including producer push, user pull, knowledge exchange and even co-production of knowledge. These strategies may be informal, or take place in organized conferences, formal classroom settings, through the media, online and electronic means.
Wikipedia is a good example of a knowledge mobilization tool. It provides a medium through which knowledge can be shared among users, for a collective benefit.
Some define the sharing of experiential knowledge as "knowledge management," and the sharing of research facts and findings as knowledge transfer, translation, exchange, brokering, interaction, or, mobilization. The latter is meant to include verifiable information, that is, information that is gathered in a manner that is transparent, systematic, reliable, collaborative and trustworthy. Since knowledge mobilization seeks to be informed by a variety of sources and resources, value is placed on "accumulated knowledge" above that of one person's opinion or one study's results. A focus on the results of a small number of studies or individual opinion is more typical of science communication, advocacy and advertising.
The job of the knowledge mobilization specialist, in contrast, is to find, evaluate, synthesize and summarize facts and findings, with researchers and stakeholders in research knowledge working together to tailor and maximize research use. Ideology-based practices are thus replaced with evidence-based practices in order to produce superior outcomes.
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