Title: eUreka: an institutional tool for knowledge discovery, project work and management of intellectual property

Authors: Daniel T.H. Tan, Sheryl Wong

Addresses: Centre for Educational Development, Nanyang Technological University, Academic Complex North, Level 5, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore. ' Centre for Educational Development, Nanyang Technological University, Academic Complex North, Level 5, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

Abstract: eUreka (after Archimedes| |I have found it!|) is an institutional web-based knowledge management system for project work. It facilitates knowledge creation, discovery, documentation and management. It also provides an avenue for learning via experiential knowledge derivation and knowledge sharing of institutional knowledge assets. It provides easy-to-use tools for tasks and activities planning, effort and outcomes documentation and collaboration within a project group. This tool enables self- and world-discovery by students and group synergistic experience beyond the boundaries of physical classrooms and laboratories. Such collaboration will catalyse and expedite the process of knowledge learning, transfer, sharing, mentoring, application and, thence, new discoveries, breakthroughs and innovations. Learning by doing while discovering new ideas will facilitate opportunities for students to take learning to deeper depths in building life skills, people skills, higher-order thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

Keywords: project work; knowledge creation; discovery learning; self-discovery; collaborative learning; problem solving; life skills; thinking skills; intellectual property; knowledge management; learning technology; eUreka; web-based KM; internet; knowledge discovery; knowledge documentation; knowledge derivation; knowledge sharing; institutional knowledge; knowledge transfer; mentoring.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLT.2007.014840

International Journal of Learning Technology, 2007 Vol.3 No.2, pp.112 - 132

Published online: 12 Aug 2007 *

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