ABSTRACT
Introduction Both fields, knowledge management (KM) and e-learning, seem to be evolving over the years. KM, although coined in the early 1980s, deals with how best to leverage knowledge internally and externally in order to stimulate innovation, build a sense of community, preserve the institutional knowledge base, and promote internal and external organizational effectiveness. Although collaboration and integration seem to be the buzzwords being used in KM circles, the next phase of KM will highlight continued use of Web 2.0 and social networking tools and their capabilities, as well as borrow from complementary sets of approaches in order to better integrate KM within the daily working lives of the employee. Similarly, e-learning has been around for years, with the Sloan Consortium first launching the major
Contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................3 Background Literature on the Synergy between KM and E-Learning ....................4 A Framework for Studying the Integration of KM and E-Learning ........................6 What Research Lies Ahead for the KM/E-Learning Linkage ..................................8 References .............................................................................................................9
e-learning initiatives at universities over 17 years ago. According to the most recent Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning (October 2009), there are about 4 million persons getting their degrees online with about a 20% growth rate. Corporate universities as well are actively pursuing e-learning for further training and educating their employees.
