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On-line Knowledge Management Search Engine. Lei Zhang, Bhavani Sridharan and Kinshuk Information Systems Dept, Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand Tel: +64 6 350 5799 Ext 2090 Fax: +64 6 350 5725 kinshuk@massey.ac.nz. Background.
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On-line Knowledge Management Search Engine Lei Zhang, Bhavani Sridharan andKinshuk Information Systems Dept, Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand Tel: +64 6 350 5799 Ext 2090 Fax: +64 6 350 5725 kinshuk@massey.ac.nz
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.
Query Application Database Source Selection & Query modification Input Knowledge Requests Google Database Preferences Output Knowledge Results Category 1: Explicit Knowledge Category 2: Tacit Knowledge Page Retriever & Page Analyser Category 3: Knowledge Links Ordering Policy On-line KM Search Engine -- Framework
Application Prototype – Search Results Return Result from Google Explicit Knowledge Pop-up picture window Tacit Knowledge
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.