University Students' Perceptions of Knowledge Management with the Aid of E-newsletter

Abstract

Knowledge management (KM) has been a common issue to be discussed in the field of industry. However, this issue may still sound foreign to the educational setting, especially from the students' perspective. In this study, the authors try to examine the effects of an e-newsletter project on students' KM. Additionally, the moderating effect of gender is under examination as well. The student subjects' perceptions of KM is quantitatively analyzed by a set of questionnaire designed on the basis of Nonaka and Takeuchi's [16] model of knowledge conversion. The findings of this study show that with the practice of e-newsletter activities could improve the subjects' perception of knowledge externalization, combination and internalization. However, as for the variable of gender difference, the test result is not significant. To conclude, it is expected that this study may contribute to the understanding of university students' KM development with the aid of e-learning technology, as well as to providing teachers with suggestions in designing suitable learning activities and adopting technology to enhance students' KM ability in a language classroom.