Knowledge Arts is a partnership formed by three consulting
firms - Generation 7 Marketing Ltd.,
LifeWorks and Organomics
Consulting.
Pille . Scott . Kathleen (L-R) enjoying
a beach in Vancouver
The principals of the Knowledge Arts are
- Dr. Kathleen Forsythe, Manager Director of Generation
7 Marketing Ltd., Vancouver, B. C., Canada is one of the first knowledge
architects in the world and has been instrumental in introducing the
concept of open learning to North America over the past twenty-five
years. This has included pioneering work in the development of satellite-based
telecommunications networks and in the use of widespread computer networks
that evolved into today's Internet. She has beeen asking questions
about the nature of insightful technology - the only technology that
should be “in sight” of a child for
twenty years, first through the Knowledge Network, the first interactive
satellite service for learning in the world, then at the Center for
New learning, a school district-based R&D center, and, latterly,
through research and development towards the making of CD-ROM simulation
games and the proposed design of a children's Internet portal. Her
work has always been operational, designed to put original ideas into
practice in a practical and cost effective manner. Through her work
in the epistemology of the imagination and the biology of love, she
has contributed to the foundational work in Natural Learning and is
currently Chairperson of the Board of the Wondertree Foundation for
Natural Learning in Vancouver. A published poet and writer, she has
also produced televsions and other media for children and adults. A
passionate educator, Kathleen Forsythe has worked with learners of all
ages in both public and private education systems. She is a
past vice-president of the American Society for Cybernetics and has
just completed the first PhD awarded in Knowledge Architecture by the
Council for Alternative Scholarly Support.
- Dr. Pille Bunnell, President of Lifeworks,
Vancouver, B.C. Canada, is a systems ecologist and knowledge architect
with over twenty years experience in environmental and management consulting.
In this capacity she designed and implemented a variety of major products
and worked with manay governments and institutions on a worldwide basis.
She has developed over 60 major communication programs on simulation modelling,
ecology and environmental convcerns for technical, public information,
and educational applications worldwide. Dr. Bunnell's current focus is
the articulation of the biology of cognition through techical paper, multimedia,
and stories, and its instantiation in educational and environmental projects.
Pille's skills in holistic thinking and her exceptional organizational
and creative capacities allow for the practical application of these domains
of knowledge. her impeccable integrity, love of planet earth and compassion
for humanity provide the wisdon necessary to provide the deep underpinnings
for children's ecological adventures. She is a past president of
the American Society for Cybernetics.
- Dr. Scott Carley, Principal, Organomics
Consulting, Seattle, WA, USA, is an environmental educator, systems
ecologist and knowledge architect with over twenty years of experience in
designing and developing computer- and Internet-based systems and processes
that support instructional design, collaborative learning, curriculum development,
professional development/training and strategic planning in the environmental,
telecommunications, healthcare and energy industries, education and government.
With broad background and experience in theoretical chemistry, philosophy,
systems ecology, planning, education and web-based technologies his interests
now range over the application of nonequilibrium thermodynamics to ecology,
economics and social/cultural dynamics (i.e., organomics), industrial ecology,
life cycle analysis, computerized decision support for natural resource
management and urban/regional planning, temporal geographic information
systems, socio-lingistic models of collaborative learning and research,
and the foundations and applications of second order cybernetics.
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