Web-based Knowledge Management System for Camarines Norte State College

Abstract

One of the issues of the academic institution is knowledge management. How the academe disseminate information over the academic community on real time and the availability of knowledge anytime and anywhere is challenging task in every institution. The objective of this study is to develop Knowledge Management System for Camarines Norte State College that is capable of knowledge sharing, creating and knowledge repository. The developed KM system is designed specifically to cater the requirements of the academic institutions especially Camarines Norte State College in terms of knowledge management. A usability test was conducted to find out how far the academic community can interact efficiently and effectively and how far the system application provides user guidance, provide information, and provide consistent interaction. The pooled mean of the overall usability test was 4.55 with adjectival rating of SA or strongly agree, which means that the system has the functionality needed by the users, easy to use and the system is very useful. Moreover, KMS in Higher Education Institution (HEI) could help in the growth of learner centered knowledge and action learning, growth in work-related learning, movement from closed to open knowledge systems and extensive development in computer-based communication technologies.