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Knowledge Management Systems in Higher Education
Research Guide
What is Knowledge Management Systems in Higher Education?
Knowledge Management Systems in Higher Education are digital platforms and repositories designed for capturing, sharing, and disseminating institutional knowledge in universities to enhance decision-making, teaching, and research collaboration.
These systems integrate with learning management systems to boost academic productivity and user adoption. Research examines design, implementation, and evaluation, with 10 key papers cited over 200 times collectively. Studies span 2001-2023, focusing on ICT integration and success factors (Pérez Gamboa et al., 2022; Brătianu et al., 2021).
Why It Matters
Knowledge Management Systems enable universities to leverage institutional knowledge for better decision-making in competitive contexts (Pérez Gamboa et al., 2022, 58 citations). They improve business education by focusing on knowledge as a core asset, enhancing teaching and collaboration (Brătianu et al., 2021, 53 citations). In research projects, these systems identify success factors like tool adoption, increasing efficiency in corporate universities (Ghomi and Barzinpour, 2018, 23 citations). Impacts include higher administrative efficiency and student outcomes via ICT integration (Ferrero de Lucas et al., 2020).
Key Research Challenges
User Adoption Barriers
Low adoption stems from resistance in academic settings and lack of training. Ghomi and Barzinpour (2018) identify factors like user involvement in research projects. Integration with existing systems remains inconsistent (Acevedo Correa et al., 2019).
System Integration Issues
Challenges arise in linking KM systems with learning management platforms. Ferrero de Lucas et al. (2020) highlight ICT gaps in teaching. Ocaña-Fernández et al. (2019) note mismatches in engineering education contexts.
Measuring Success Factors
Quantifying impacts on productivity is difficult due to qualitative metrics. Pérez Gamboa et al. (2022) analyze decision-making improvements. Brătianu et al. (2021) link KM to business education outcomes.
Essential Papers
Decision making in university contexts based on knowledge management systems
Alfredo Javier Pérez Gamboa, Carlos Alberto Gómez Cano, Verenice Sánchez Castillo · 2022 · Data & Metadata · 58 citations
Introduction: knowledge management constitutes a fundamental process for decision-making, hence its importance in complex and competitive contexts.Objective: analyze the importance of knowledge man...
Exploring the Knowledge Management Impact on Business Education
Constantin Brătianu, Dan Florin Stănescu, Rareș Mocanu · 2021 · Sustainability · 53 citations
Knowledge management developed in the last decades as a dynamic symbiosis between science and art with significant implications on business and business education. Knowledge management operates wit...
Identifying the success factors of knowledge management tools in research projects (Case study: A corporate university)
Hamidreza Ghomi, Farnaz Barzinpour · 2018 · Management Science Letters · 23 citations
This research investigates the factors affecting the success of KM tools in the research projects of a corporate university. The research method is descriptive and the statistical population of the...
Alternativas para modelos de gestión del conocimiento en Instituciones de Educación Superior
Yesenia Acevedo Correa, Alejandro Valencia-Arías, Lemy Bran-Piedrahita et al. · 2019 · Ingeniare. Revista chilena de ingeniería · 22 citations
El conocimiento concebido dentro de las Instituciones de Educación Superior debe ser compartido y apropiado por las diferentes comunidades, por lo que es un reto identificar mecanismos para gestion...
ICT and knowledge management in Teaching and Engineering Students
Elena Ferrero de Lucas, Isabel Cantón Mayo, Marta Menéndez Fernández et al. · 2020 · Comunicar · 17 citations
The integration of Knowledge Management (KM) in various fields, including academia and business, has been fostered by the promotion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The aim of ...
Gestión del conocimiento y tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TICs) en estudiantes de ingeniería mecánica
Yolvi Ocaña-Fernández, Luis Alex Valenzuela-Fernández, Eric Gálvez Suarez et al. · 2019 · Apuntes Universitarios · 11 citations
La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación entre gestión del conocimiento y las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TICs), basándose en el enfoque cuantitativo y ...
Basic principles of knowledge management and its application to the industrial company in tactical operations of maintenance and operational exploitation: A qualitative study
Francisco Javier Cárcel Carrasco, Carlos Roldán-Porta · 2013 · Intangible Capital · 11 citations
[EN] Purpose: Although knowledge and its management is, and has been, studied in depth, \nparticularly since the 90¿s decade of the past century, especially for the strategic \nmanagement, ...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Cárcel Carrasco and Roldán-Porta (2013, 11 citations) for basic KM principles applicable to universities; Obeso et al. (2013, 10 citations) for historical integration; Sáiz-Álvarez (2012, 9 citations) on ethics and intellectual capital.
Recent Advances
Study Pérez Gamboa et al. (2022, 58 citations) for decision-making; Brătianu et al. (2021, 53 citations) for education impacts; Ferrero de Lucas et al. (2020, 17 citations) for ICT in teaching.
Core Methods
Core techniques: survey-based success factor identification (Ghomi 2018), ICT integration analysis (Ferrero de Lucas 2020), and qualitative KM models (Acevedo Correa 2019).
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PapersFlow's Research Agent uses searchPapers and citationGraph to map high-citation works like Pérez Gamboa et al. (2022, 58 citations) and findSimilarPapers for related ICT studies. exaSearch uncovers niche Spanish-language papers on KM models (Acevedo Correa et al., 2019).
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract adoption metrics from Ghomi and Barzinpour (2018), then verifyResponse with CoVe for claim accuracy. runPythonAnalysis processes citation data via pandas for trends; GRADE grading scores evidence strength in decision-making studies (Pérez Gamboa et al., 2022).
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Synthesis Agent detects gaps in user adoption literature, flagging contradictions between foundational (Obeso et al., 2013) and recent works (Ferrero de Lucas et al., 2020). Writing Agent uses latexEditText, latexSyncCitations for Pérez Gamboa et al., and latexCompile for reports; exportMermaid visualizes KM system workflows.
Use Cases
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Research Agent → searchPapers('success factors KM tools university') → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis(pandas on adoption data from Ghomi 2018) → statistical summary of key factors.
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Synthesis Agent → gap detection (Pérez Gamboa 2022 vs Brătianu 2021) → Writing Agent → latexEditText + latexSyncCitations + latexCompile → formatted PDF with integrated citations.
"Find code examples from KM systems papers in education."
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → executable KM workflow scripts linked to Ferrero de Lucas 2020.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic reviews of 50+ KM papers, chaining searchPapers → citationGraph → structured report on adoption trends (Ghomi 2018). DeepScan applies 7-step analysis with CoVe checkpoints to verify ICT integration claims (Ocaña-Fernández 2019). Theorizer generates models for KM system impacts from literature like Pérez Gamboa et al. (2022).
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines Knowledge Management Systems in Higher Education?
Digital platforms for capturing, sharing, and disseminating university knowledge, focusing on design, implementation, and evaluation (Pérez Gamboa et al., 2022).
What methods are used in these systems?
Methods include ICT integration and success factor analysis via surveys (Ghomi and Barzinpour, 2018; Ferrero de Lucas et al., 2020).
What are key papers?
Top papers: Pérez Gamboa et al. (2022, 58 citations) on decision-making; Brătianu et al. (2021, 53 citations) on business education.
What open problems exist?
Challenges include user adoption, system integration, and impact measurement (Acevedo Correa et al., 2019; Ocaña-Fernández et al., 2019).
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