Knowledge management system (KMS) framework for outcomes-based education sustainability

Abstract

Abstract Etched in official memoranda, the Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) are in their transformational outcomes-based education (OBE) as a government-prescribed educational reform towards quality and sustainability. The educators in these HEIs have a positive attitude and knowledge towards OBE principles and implementation however they lack resources. The paper aims to understand the knowledge management (KM) practices of the Ifugao State University (IFSU) and design a KMS framework considering the most critical factors affecting its implementation, which shall serve as a reference to its development. Using a descriptive-analytical method, it shows that the institution has a strong KM culture but needs to advance their KM strategy and implement modern KM technologies. It also shows that the stakeholders are excellent in socializing and control activities but need improvement and support in networking, encountering, collaborating and coordinating activities. Thus, the proposed KMS framework was designed to build up their KM practices. It primarily informs the stakeholders on whose knowledge, what type of knowledge, how, and why they need to manage knowledge. Future research includes the development of a KMS prototype based on the framework and tests its applicability for the community of practice.