Knowledge Building Environments: Extending the Limits of the Possible in Education and Knowledge Work

st Century, knowledge society ring to it, but how is a knowledge building environment different from a learning environment and what makes it an environment rather than a tool? This article addresses these questions, providing answers that suggest that a fully-realized knowledge building environment is substantially different from a learning environment, incorporating different forms of support to accomplish a different level of process, and playing a role in a different kind of education or workplace culture.