ABSTRACT
Knowledge Media is the future of education, and has something to contribute to every facet of the emerging knowledge society. The Web is an important vehicle for the forthcoming changes, and serves not only as a catalyst, but also as a unifying force which brings together disparate strands of research and development. This book is our way of highlighting key aspects of that unifying force, and expounding our own approach, both in the ensuing text and the linked Web site at https://kmi.open.ac.uk/knowledgeweb
Evangelical vs pragmatic views of our work In the four years we have been working together, we have become fond of confounding our colleagues with the following two apparently contradictory utterances:
• Utterance one (evangelical): 'There are three important technologies that all education researchers should come to terms with as a matter of urgency: the Web, the Web, and the Web.'
