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Design, Developmen­t & Delivery of an Innovative­ Blended MSc in Knowledge Management­ Systems

Where: International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM) held in Charlotte, North Carolina 2005. When: October 2005

Later published as Shurville S, Lee M P, Scott B C & Harrison A (2005) "Design, development and delivery of an innovative blended MSc in Knowledge Management Systems at Cranfield" pp. 527 - 535 in Hawamdeh S (ed.) Knowledge Management: nurturing culture, innovation and technology World Scientific, Singapore. 981-256-556-6.

This paper describes an innovative Master of Science (MSc) course in Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) taught via blended learning by the Department of Information Systems at Cranfield University. This MSc is aimed primarily at the defence sector, although it has become increasingly attractive to learners across the public and private sectors. We begin by introducing the background and context under which the course was designed. The section on design outlines our syllabus and our learning design. The section on development describes how we applied knowledge management software to support the authoring process. The section on delivery describes our blended modes of teaching at workshops and via the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The paper includes a comprehensive bibliography of course textbooks, which are issued to all learners.

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Semantic Web: A Personal View

Where: National Defense University (NDU), Washington DC, USA When: October 2005

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Postgradua­te education in systems engineerin­g and knowledge management­

Where: Proceedings of the IEE Management Symposium on Systems Engineering in Business When: June 2000

Proceedings of the IEE Management Symposium on Systems Engineering in Business Ref. 00/071, Vol. 2, pp. 15/1 – 15/5. Held at Coventry University.

This paper describes the crucial role of systems engineering and knowledge management in business. The importance of postgraduate education in both systems engineering in general and knowledge management in particular is stressed and the subjects are discussed with particular reference to two distance learning MSc courses. These two degrees both plan to use the Barrington virtual building for delivery over the World Wide Web (WWW) in order to deliver real benefits to the workplace and to provide an effective knowledge management medium to support the educational process.

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