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Designing an IT Course Website: A Case Study

Designing an IT Course Website: A Case Study
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Author(s): Meliha Handzic (The University of New South Wales, Australia)and Christine Van Toorn (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
Copyright: 2003
Pages: 3
Source title: Information Technology & Organizations: Trends, Issues, Challenges & Solutions
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-066-0.ch047
ISBN13: 9781616921248
EISBN13: 9781466665330

Abstract

This paper describes the application of knowledge management principles to the design of a postgraduate IT course website at UNSW. The main goal of the website was to satisfy teaching and learning objectives of the course. A two-by-two matrix comprising explicit and tacit, what and how types of knowledge, was used as the underlying theoretical framework for the web design. Main web features support the finding, storing and sharing of knowledge as well as learning by doing. Together, they deliver important benefits to both educators and students of the course.

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