September 24, 2009   In my last post on expertise and experts I
indicated that an expert (one who has expertise) is
broadly defined as someone who has acquired lots of knowledge in
a particular domain.  So what is knowledge?  First a few
preliminaries:  1.  Stephen Downes has a post addressing this
issue from a different angle, so you might want to check that
out to see where we agree and disagree.  2.  I addressed this
same issue back in April so it will look familiar to some of
you.  3. I've adapted this explanation from Martin Kozloff's
Making Sense of What You Read and Hear, and Making Sense When
You Teach.   Each form of knowledge represents a connection. To
understand the knowledge is to understand the connection. To use
the knowledge (to apply it to possible examples of it) is to
apply the connection.  The forms of knowledge are:  Let's now
look at each form of knowledge.  I'll provide some examples, a
definition, and one way to teach the form.  1. Verbal
Associations: Facts  Ex: “The U.S. Constitution