Table 2 The E-lab Expertise Conversion Process
Knowledge conversion | Knowledge eliciting methods |
|---|---|
From implicit to conceptual (individual/explicit) | Externalisation methods 1. Electronic brainstorming ▪ Concurrent generation and communication of ideas 2. Technology/policy assessment ▪ Inventory of possibilities and themes |
From explicit to systemic (group/explicit) | Combination methods 1. Organising/structuring/grouping of ideas ▪ Delete redundant ideas ▪ Merge overlapping ideas ▪ categorise accepted ideas 2. Developing scenarios of possible futures ▪ ‘The good, the bad, the ugly?’ 3. Assessing permutations of technologies/policies/systems ▪ voting for best practice 4. Sorting of desired pathways/futures ▪ consensus building |