ABSTRACT
Rapid changes in current networked and knowledge-based society present cognitive, social, and motivational challenges to human competence and flexibility. Productive participation in knowledge-intensive work requires that practitioners, their professional communities, and their organizations develop new practices, advance their knowledge and their understanding as well as produce innovations. This is reflected in developments in professional communities wherein work is increasingly focused on the deliberate advancement of knowledge rather than on the mere production of material artifacts. In order to cope with these challenges, tools and pedagogical methods are needed that open up opportunities for practitioners to transform their knowledge practices accordingly.
