Open AccessUsing knowledge management to improve learning experience of first-trimester students
Author(s) -
Nelson K. Y. Leung,
Hannarong Shamsub,
Nicole Tsang,
Bill Au
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
knowledge management and e-learning: an international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-5008
pISSN - 2073-7904
DOI - 10.34105/j.kmel.2015.07.019
Subject(s) - dissemination , computer science , student engagement , second trimester , medical education , knowledge management , mathematics education , psychology , medicine , pregnancy , telecommunications , gestation , biology , genetics
To address the lack of insights into the engagement of tertiary students to manage knowledge at a course level, a knowledge management approach is proposed to allow students to interact with lecturers inside and outside a large lecture hall to create, disseminate, use and evaluate knowledge. The proposed approach was applied to an undergraduate business computing related course conducted at the offshore campus of an Australian university in the third trimester of 2012. The proposed KM approach was evaluated using quantitative analysis. The findings show that the majority of the students agreed that the computerized tool (Facebook) could enhance their learning experience by allowing students to ask for, share, discuss, and extend knowledge. In particular, the KM approach provided additional channels and platforms for the first-trimester students who were passive and preferred not to seek help from lecturers directly for cultural reasons.