Learning Programme* January - April 2009

Week 0 (15 & 16 Jan 09): Introduction

Learning:

(1) Introducing the Module

(2) Backgrounds & hopes

Activities:

(1) Start creating Personal Portfolio Blog

(2) Start forming groups

Resources:

(1) www.Brint.com

(2) www.eJKM.com

(3) www.gurteen.com

Week I (22 & 23 Jan 09): Organizations & Strategies

Learning:

 (1) What is the difference between Organizations, Social/Business Networks and Communities of Practice (CoPs)?

(2) Knowledge Management Strategy: what do we mean by strategy?

Activities:

(1) Start individual e-Learning Journal Blog

(2) Completion of groups as Organizations & the class as a Community of Practice (CoP)

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week II (29 & 30 Jan 09): Knowledge Management Theory and Concepts

Learning:

 (1) What is Knowledge management? - definitions frameworks and lifecycles

(2) Use and misuse of common terms (e.g. knowledge, information and data, KM systems)

Activities:

 (1) Good & bad blogging

(2) Critique to KM [a good start is definitions by practitioners & scholars at Gurteen Knowledge] 

Case Study: Business Networks: www.LinkedIn.com

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week III (5 & 6 Feb 09): Knowledge Management Schools & Models

Learning:

 (1) Knowledge Management Schools (e.g. Earl’s 7 Schools)

(2) Knowledge Management Models Epistemological Vs. Ontological Models

Activities:

(1) Commenting and Trackback on Blogs

(2) Apply a KM model on your organization

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week IV (12 & 13 Feb 09): Knowledge Management in Organizations

Learning:

 (1) What is Knowledge Management in a business context? –

(2) Can organisational knowledge be managed?

Activities:

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week V (19 & 20 Feb 09): Knowledge Café

Learning:

 (1) Implementing KM in Organizations

Activities:

Knowledge café topic:

How can you prevent KM in an organizations?

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week VI (26 & 27 Feb 09): Knowledge Management systems

Learning:

 (1) Organisational Knowledge Management Systems;

(2) What is the role of IT in  supporting Knowledge Management Systems?

Activities:

Discuss KMS development paper 

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week VII (5 & 6 Mar 09): Web 2.0 Technologies

Learning:

 (1) Weblog; Wiki; RSS; Podcasting

(2) Metadata and Tagging

Activities:

 (1)  Personal cloud

Case Study: Collaboration Tools: www.Del.icio.us

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week VIII (12 & 13 Mar 09): Technologies to Support KMS

Learning:

 (1) How can can IT support organizational and personal KMS?

Activities:

 (1)  Second Life

Case Study: Collaboration space: www.SecondLife.com

Resources:

(1) Journal of Knowledge Management

(2) International Journal of Knowledge Management

Week IX (19 Mar 09): Presentations

Week X (26 & 27 Mar 09): Feedback on CW3 and Second Life Interactive Session