EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Review Articles and Knowledge Management

Planning for the Brain Drain

drupal — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:52:21 -0600

The author discusses ways higher education can transition soon to be retirees without the abrupt loss of organizational knowledge.

Making Knowledge Services Work in Higher Education

drupal — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:42:30 -0500

Making knowledge services work in higher education will depend on developments in technology and also on a variety of commitments—academic, institutional, commercial, and public policy—undertaken by a small cadre of innovative institutions and leaders.

Mapping Knowledge Nodes, Networks, and Domains

drupal — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:54:53 -0500

"As recently as the year 2000, the phrases in the title of this article were the province of professional librarians, knowledge managers, and other information intermediaries, as well as researchers interested in how to map knowledge of different kinds and in different locations. Since that time, tools suitable for mass knowledge use have emerged. These tools have changed the nature of the power relationships for creating, sharing, and using knowledge. They have also empowered people who, in 2000, were typically not "power users" of knowledge tools (academics, students, researchers, and employees in commercial enterprises) so that today they are able to use mass-market tools to identify, map, exploit, and contribute to their own sources of knowledge, in ways that suit their preferences, resources, and needs."

A Revolution in Knowledge Sharing

drupal — Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:50:27 -0500

Using technologies that are already developed or that will be deployed over the next five years, best practices in knowledge sharing not only are diffusing rapidly but will be substantially reinvented in all settings: educational institutions, corporations, government organizations, associations, and nonprofits.

Share and Share Alike: The E-Knowledge Transformation Comes to Campus

drupal — Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:53:38 -0500

Leading-edge institutions worldwide are transforming themselves from knowledge silos to communities of knowledge sharing. The educational world has the opportunity—and indeed the imperative—to play a leadership role in the rapidly emerging e-knowledge transformation.

Portals in Higher Education: What Are They, and What Is Their Potential?

drupal — Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:14:12 -0500

Portal technology, the foundation of new kinds of business-to-consumer relationships in the digital economy, is offering higher education strategic choices for knowledge management and community building.