%0 Journal Article
%T Computer Support for Knowledge Management within R&D and the Teaching of Bachelor Students
%A Stefan Svetsky
%A Oliver Moravcik
%A Jana Stefankova
%A Peter Schreiber
%J International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
%D 2013
%I Universit?t Kassel
%R 10.3991/ijet.v8is1.2328
%X ¡ªKnowledge plays a key role within research, development and education. One of the major challenges for knowledge management is to select the right knowledge from numerous sources, including know - how of individuals, and to transform it into useful, practicable knowledge. The focus should always be on supporting strategic organisational goals. In this context, from the organisation¡¯s strategic point of view, it is very important to link an institutional knowledge management system with the knowledge management systems of individuals. This paper presents personalised IT - support for knowledge management within industrial R&D and especially for teaching and learning. The support is based on the use of a long term developed in - house software that enables individuals (managers and teachers) to process and manage knowledge on their desktop computers in a user friendly way. Within the implementation of ¡°Technology - enhanced learning¡± at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, a pre - programmed work environment called BIKE (Batch Information and Knowledge Editor) was developed. However, this desktop environment works also as a teacher¡¯s personalized knowledge management system. It is programmed by the lead author of this paper who is a teacher; therefore the outcomes into teaching bachelor students are implemented directly into the classroom. The paper also presents how such IT - support complements, at a personalized level, the existing organizational knowledge management tool known as the university¡¯s Academic Information System. Some examples from teaching are presented, communication channels (teacher - student forums) were also mentioned as a part of the teacher¡¯s knowledge management personalised system. In this case, the BIKE environment is demonstrated as an alternative to learning management systems based on the so called WEB 2.0 technologies.
%K knowledge management
%K knowledge management system
%K technology - enhanced learning
%K educational technology
%K computer assisted learning
%U http://online-journals.org/i-jet/article/view/2328