Application of Knowledge Management in Online Collaborative Lesson Preparation

With the stepping up of the new courses innovation in China and the rapid development of information technology, it is now becoming a new trend for teachers to prepare lessons collaboratively through the network. Online collaborative lesson preparation (OCLP) is a platform for teachers to create, share and utilize their knowledge. This paper adopts Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi´s knowledge management (KM) theory so as to effectively manage the knowledge and to provide the lesson preparation community the mechanism for the dialogue space and knowledge sharing. According to our research experience, we defined the role orientation of OCLP system from the perspective of SECI model, a KM strategy in OCLP and the practical application of KM associated with the workflow of OCLP are also depicted in this paper. The method of the research adopts systematical research. The researchers collect the practical lesson preparation community´s critical knowledge, which is built and managed by the OCLP system.