Course Description
This course offers participants the opportunity to explore the framework for knowledge management in education and research. Participants will explore the potential of knowledge management in support of education and research for increasing the capacity of identifying, distilling, harnessing and using information to improve student and institutional success. This course provides the fundamental background for understanding knowledge management and offers necessary resources and practices to enable participants to design and implement a knowledge management strategy in order for education and research initiatives to succeed and flourish. This course includes a strong focus on the implementation of necessary tools and procedures to construct and maintain an outstanding sustainable knowledge management environment for education and research organizations. The course also discusses the impact and benefit for schools if knowledge management is implemented.
Course Objectives
The main objective of the course is to enable participants to acquire an integrated understanding of the interrelated subjects and issues involved in knowledge management and to prepare them to respond effectively to those issues and processes which impact the success of the intersection of this increasingly popular management trend with education and research. Assimilation of theoretical material will be balanced with the development of professional knowledge and skills to implement essential knowledge management framework strategies in education and research. The course aimed at providing the participants with vital insight into new knowledge management techniques for implementing necessary tools and procedures to construct and maintain an outstanding sustainable knowledge management environment for education and research organizations.
Upon completion of this course, class participants should be able to:
- Explain the relationship between the concepts of data, information, knowledge, learning and change.
- Define knowledge management and explain why it is important for education and research organizations.
- Recall and underline the fundamental concepts of knowledge management.
- Recognize the various dimensions of knowledge management.
- Discuss essential tools, methods, systems to develop knowledge management framework strategies and procedures in education and research.
- Discuss organizational learning, learning organizations and intellectual capital.
- Analyze and select tools, methods and systems to manage knowledge in education and research organizations.
- Criticize different knowledge management implementations.
- Identify a knowledge management problem with its key attributes, and formulate a knowledge management strategy for solving it.
- Determine and commit effective knowledge management initiatives for helping research and education organizations increase their capacity in managing knowledge to improve institutional and learner success.
- Demonstrate essential knowledge and skills needed in order to properly leverage principles of knowledge management and procedures to broaden understanding of how to create a dynamic, sustainable knowledge management environment for education and research organizations.
Responsibilities
1. Participants are required to attend all the classes through Spring term (February 19 – May 25)
2. Participants are required to be ready for the class on time and active participation is essential in all phases of the course.
3. All assignments are due by per the Assignment Schedule. Refer to the course Website for all due dates.
4. Participants are responsible to read ALL course materials, including emails and announcements from the instructor.
5. Participants are responsible to be aware of and understanding the policies and procedures related with academic honesty. These policies include cheating, fabrication, falsification and forgery, multiple submission, plagiarism, and computer misuse.
Remember
To work hard
Do your best
Use your potential to the full
Challenge yourself
and be creative
Required Textbook
- Coakes, E. (2003). Knowledge management : current issues and challenges. Hershey, PA : IRM Pres.
- Dalkır, K. (2005). Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice
- Ghaoui, C et.al. (2005). Knowledge-based virtual education : user-centred paradigms. Berlin : Springer
- Pyka,A., Küppers, G. (2002). Innovation networks : theory and practice. Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar.
Reference Books
- New challenges for educational research. Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Additional readings and learning resources will be assigned and provided for the course in class.
Grading
1. Complete classroom activities. (300 pts) Complete class attendance is expected. Completion of the reading assignments and classroom participation is also expected.
2. Midterm. (150 pts) A paper-pencil written exam o review what students learned during the lectures.
3. First project assignment. (150 pts) Participants will design, develop, write a rationale and present their first project assignment including analysis and selection of tools, methods and systems to manage knowledge in education and research organizations.
4. Second project assignment. (200 pts) Participants will develop and present a knowledge management strategy for solving the identified knowledge management problem. This is a hands-on course and will require additional time on the computer outside of scheduled class times. This course is designed for students with intermediate level of computer literacy. The goal is to develop skills and backround to start effective knowledge management initiatives for education and research organizations.
5. Final Exam. (200 pts) A paper-pencil written exam to review what students learned during the lectures about knowledge management in education and research.
| Component | Percentage |
| |
100% |
| Midterm | 15% |
| Final | 20% |
| Project(s)/Paper(s) | 35% |
| Classroom Activities | 30% |