Knowledge management and learning: ELearning and knowledge management system

Knowledge management is all about creating an environment where information can be readily shared. The ability to understand and inventory tacit knowledge and to be able to manage and deliver that information to those who need it when they need it is achievable today. Creating a learning organization culture is critical. The future of integrated teaching and learning systems provides exciting opportunities to create new interactive learning environments quickly and at a much lower cost. Taking advantage of the bandwidth to desktops, the capabilities of mobile technologies, and the emerging Web-based standards for delivering instruction creates an environment for collaborative learning. Using systems which can understand the learner's needs, assess prior knowledge, and create and deliver a personalized learning plan can be done today. Tracking the instruction and knowing who needs what instruction so that the system can be proactive rather than reactive are all technologically feasible functions. Providing libraries of information that can be used to train employees, students will reduce the duplicate expenses being spent because the learning objects can be used in different formats, for different purposes. With distributed technologies, learning can take place anytime, anywhere. The Web can now integrate learning and mission-critical business applications delivering timely knowledge to each desktop. The end result is a knowledge management structure which includes an inventory of knowledge objects and a system in which these can be shared.