I would describe knowledge as all of the information we collect over our lives.  This can be things deliberately learned in the classroom or from life experiences that we can take something away from.  Learning is the process in which we collect this knowledge. 

“Knowledge is built on experiment, induction, replication, and falsifiability” (Hyland 194). Hyland describes knowledge as a collaboration of everything we have learned and experienced.  Information is a set of facts that can be used to build on knowledge. 

Collaboration is crucial in the knowledge making process.  Without collaboration new innovations and ideas would take infinitely longer.  Everything we know today is built upon someone else’s knowledge and discoveries.  With collaboration of the minds we are able to use different people’s knowledge and experiences to build on one another and make greater progress. 

I appreciate Johnsons’ view on the creation of ideas and innovation.  A lot of the times the conception of an idea is depicted as a single instance where someone has a “lightbulb” moment.  In fact, most of the time this is not the case, an idea is s process made up of new connection being made in our brains.  The idea is a collection of everything we’ve learned during the knowledge making process, not just a random moment where everything becomes clear. 

What I took away from the reading and the TED talk is that knowledge is personal.  Several people can read the same information and each have a different understanding or different knowledge on the subject.  Knowledge is all about using everything we know together to make connections of information.