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On-line Knowledge Management Search Engine
Lei Zhang, Bhavani Sridharan and KinshukInformation Systems Dept, Massey University
Palmerston North, New ZealandTel: +64 6 350 5799 Ext 2090 Fax: +64 6 350 5725
Background
KM is emerging as a powerful engine in education, but current KM software lack the important functionality of providing access to right knowledge at right time.
Knowledge Management, combined with search engine technologies could provide adaptivity towards the content.
KM in web-based learning
The objective is to generate value from intelligent capital to enable faster and efficient learning.
It is about getting the right knowledge to the right person at the right time.
Benefits of KM in web-based learning
Provide right kind of information in right amount at right time to prevent overloading of information to learners that can results in the cognitive overload for the learners.
Achieving reusability and authenticity.
On-line KM Search Engine
A new type of search engine that fetches information from local database and Internet search engine databases, on the basis of contextual queries.
On-line KM Search Engine -- Framework
Query
Preferences
Source Selection &
Query modification
Application Database
Google Database
Page Retriever & Page Analyser
Ordering Policy
Category 1: Explicit Knowledge
Output Knowledge Results
Category 3: Knowledge Links
Category 2: Tacit Knowledge
Input Knowledge Requests
Application Prototype –Interface after login
Application Prototype – Search
Application Prototype – Search Results
Tacit Knowledge
Pop-up picture window
Explicit Knowledge
Return Result from Google
Future Work• Knowledge management combined
with search engine technologies can provide adaptive delivery of domain content in the web-based learning.
• It can save the precious time for both teachers and students through immediate retrieval of information within certain context.