CEIT472 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
| Course Code: | 4300472 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Computer Education and Instructional Technology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. TARKAN GÜRBÜZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
After completing the course the student will learn;
- the interrelated subjects and issues involved in knowledge management
- the intersection of Knowledge Management with education and research
- 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.
Course Content
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.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will 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
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | They have the skill and knowledge to use information technologies. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | They use information technology to access information, and they analyze, synthesize, and evaluate knowledge by adapting to new situations. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They use strategies and techniques based on learning theories and apply them to solve instructional problems in a systemic and systematic way | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They have skill and knowledge in analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation in instructional design process. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They implement learning-teaching methods and techniques in computer education. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | They have knowledge, skill and competency about computer hardware, operating systems, computer networks and programming languages. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | They determine measurement and evaluation methods and techniques used in computer education. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | They have the ability to conduct and present results of intra-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary researches in the field of instructional technology. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | They comprehend project management processes and implement and present projects electronically. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | They have critical thinking and problem solving skills. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | They have social communication and cultural exchange skills. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | They have legal knowledge, skills and attitudes required for teaching profession and apply them in the learning environment. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution