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Knowledge Management Challenges in Web-Based Adaptive e-Learning Systems

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A number of recent studies have contributed to Knowledge Management (KM) and E-learning integration. They are mainly based on organizational learning analysis. In this paper, KM is discussed from the viewpoint of adaptation in e-learning systems. The main components of adaptive e-learning system are discussed with respect to the KM processes. We analyze users and developers of adaptive e-learning systems and the knowledge, with which they operate. We present our view of knowledge and meta-knowledge concepts in the context of adaptive elearning systems. The role of meta-knowledge as a contextual knowledge is emphasized for adaptation in e-learning. The paper discusses the challenges of KM in adaptive e-learning systems and analyses the main KM processes that should be introduced in adaptive e-learning systems.

The Infolayer – A Simple Knowledge Management System Put to Use in Academia

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In spite of the growing number of KMS emanating from academia, only few of these systems seem to be actively used by their creators. We can only speculate about the reasons, but lack of usability and support for real-life business processes are likely to be two of them. This paper presents the Infolayer, a KMS developed at the Artificial Intelligence unit at Dortmund university. Originally developed as an integrated information infrastructure for human users and software agents within a specific project, it has grown into a general KMS solution. Where other systems are built around complex reasoning capabilities based on Description Logics, the Infolayer’s focus is ease of use, customizability and integration of industry standards like UML. The system is being actively used to drive the intranet/internet presence of our unit as well as a number of other projects.