Delivering Knowledge for Health Annette Thain

Delivering Knowledge for Health Enable communities and projects set up and manage their own websites or learning environments Encourage collaborative working Promote dialogue and discussions Sharing examples of practice Help communities to manage both published and local and tacit knowledge

Delivering Knowledge for Health Log in and Join the MKN Use your NHS Scotland Athens username Search – both community website and e-Library Use the various Collaborative and Communication tools Homepage provides links to useful information, websites and resources And using the buttons go to pages dedicated to Communities of Practice, Guidelines and Evidence, Education etc.

Delivering Knowledge for Health 1 Use your Athens – if you do not have one you can register here Join the community Membership of MKN RSS alerts ( see help for more info) Contribute to discussions 4. If you have not already accepted Terms and Conditions you will have to do this by going to your profile then return to website to join. Benefits of joining:- How to join

Delivering Knowledge for Health How to collaborate and share Wiki A piece of software which enables users to create, edit and link webpages. A wiki website is usually created collaboratively and allows members of the creating community to edit its content. Examples include WikipediaWikipedia Discussions Question and answer opportunities, sharing of experiences, lessons learnt Blogs An online journal created by a particular person or team. The owner posts messages and allows others to add their own comments. Adding resources Upload documents, share weblinks, associate published resources from The Knowledge Network website (formerly e- Library)

Delivering Knowledge for Health Search results Results from The Knowledge Network (formerly the e- Library) Results from the community’s resource library

Delivering Knowledge for Health Contributing: Resource Library Select Select appropriate option to – Add a website link Add a document from your pc Add a resource from The Knowledge Network

Delivering Knowledge for Health Fill in the form with the details of the record – remember to add keywords to help people find the record on a search. If you are unsure of copyright etc check the community rules.

Delivering Knowledge for Health Other ways to find resources Using the links on the homepage and on the pages under the headings on the navigation bar And using the keywords in the tag cloud Tags – enables users of resources to add keywords to help find the resource again and to group related resources together. The tags are displayed in a ‘cloud’

Delivering Knowledge for Health Example of Discussion Using the discussion forum – You can start a new topic or contribute to a subject already under discussion

Delivering Knowledge for Health Any questions