A Social Knowledge Management Platform for Universal Primary Education Online

Abstract

Social knowledge management is a framework that allows its users to create and modify content collaboratively using social media and web 2.0 technologies. Social knowledge management can also be defined as the management of social knowledge where it is aimed towards social development. India today is facing a huge rural-urban divide with regard to poor learning achievement at the elementary level in remote rural areas. Remote rural schools are engulfed with problems such as the unavailability of good quality teachers and a poor learning environment. In this context, the chapter seeks to utilize a robust social knowledge management framework to impart universal education in the form of both formal and informal knowledge to the masses in remote rural areas by mobilising free online knowledge resources and the dormant knowledge capital of educated senior citizens. It further illustrates the design and development of a social media based knowledge management platform named OwlishOracle that addresses issues of exclusion and unequal educational attainment through "connecting generations".

Knowledge Management Practices of Universities in Bangladesh: Lecturers’ Perception

“…Ghalomi et al (2013) viewed it as a decision that involves the use of knowledge for organizational efficiency. Bandyopadhyay et al (2017) empirically observed that by the application of knowledge, lecturers developed interesting and valuable teaching and learning activities.…”

“…In the individual level, modern lecturers are not only responsible for lesson delivery, but also for accumulating and enriching the knowledge. KM facilitates the academics to create new knowledge and process the collected one based on their requirements and students' capabilities (Bandyopadhyay et al, 2017). Supermane and Tahir (2018) stated the education system as an efficient medium of a country that can enrich its competitiveness.…”