Chapter 9 - KM & E-Learning
Chapter 9 - KM & E-Learning
Chapter 9 - KM & E-Learning
KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT
AND E-LEARNING
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Intellectual capital
Knowledge management
Human behavior
E-learning
Learning management system
Corporate vs. educational
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
■ Collective knowledge
■ Tacit knowledge
– Insights, judgements, wisdom
– Human knowledge
KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT
Set of strategies and practices
organizations use to manage their
intellectual capital
Steps in a KM Project
KM PROJECT
■ Step 1: Identify the Goal ■ Step 2: Locate the Sources of
Knowledge
– What is the need? – Explicit/Tacit knowledge
– Nature of IC? – Expert Location Systems
– Hyundai’s Central Call Center – Social Network Analysis
KM PROJECT
■ Step 2: Locate the Sources of
Knowledge
• Expert Location Systems
– IS that can help find people in an organization
based on their education, expertise, and activities
– Knowledgeable, Trustworthy, Helpful
Valuation Strategies
KM : PITFALL & PROMISES
■ Human Element ■ Technology and Content Issues
– Employee perspective: Why share? – Unfriendly technology, stale/ lack
– Free riding; Time-spend? of content
– Self Interest: The power of hoarding
knowledge ■ Semantic Web (Web 3.0)
– Online information can be read and
■ Incentives for knowledge sharing understood by both humans and
– Recognition and rewards computers
– Con: Gaming the system – Software Agents collect and
integrate data from various sources
E - LEARNING
■ Instructional approaches that use information and communication
technologies.
– Connect trainee with instructors, other trainees, and the learning material
– Instructor-led E-Learning
■ E-Learning in Education
– Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
E – LEARNING IN EDUCATION