Title :
From tacit to acknowledged knowledge
Author :
Ikonen, Jouni ; Hämäläinen, Harri ; Alaoutinen, Satu ; Heikkinen, Kari ; Porras, Jari
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol., Lappeenranta, Finland
Abstract :
This paper presents a proposal to acknowledge the importance of tacit course knowledge to students and transform this knowledge into a valuable asset. When a student or an employer reads course descriptions they usually miss a lot of important information. Course descriptions and the transcript of records normally state only the professional goals. In this paper we show an analysis of courses delivered in Information Technology department and analyze the skills, which are acquired from tacit knowledge throughout the curricula. We propose that this tacit knowledge should be analyzed, published and advertised both to students and employers.
Keywords :
educational technology; information technology; knowledge management; acknowledged knowledge; information technology; tacit course knowledge; Business communication; Certification; Communication industry; Education; Industrial training; Information analysis; Information technology; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Programming profession; Proposals;
Conference_Titel :
EAEEIE Annual Conference, 2009
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5385-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5386-3
DOI :
10.1109/EAEEIE.2009.5335485