Ontology Diagrams for Successful Knowldge Capture and Transfer

Ontology Diagramsfor Successful Knowledge Capture & TransferBrandon Olson, PhDAssociate ProfessorSchool of Business and TechnologyThe College of St. [email protected]

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Business CaseTheoryProcessProductResult

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Business Case

Regional AccreditationProfessional AccreditationCurricular AssessmentEmbedded DocumentsNELS – Field ExperiencesComplete Assessment SystemNeed:Understand department’s curricular assessment domain to identify data and process requirements

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Mitri’s Assessment SystemModel

Ontology Layer

Assessment Layer

Agent Layer

Topic Network Skill Network

Evaluators Students

Judgements

Mitri, M. (2003). A knowledge management framework for curricular assessment. The Journal of Computer Information Systems, 43(4), 15.

Hill’s Forms of Assessment

Level 1 •Satisfaction

Level 2 •Knowledge & Skill Changes

Level 3 •Performance Behavior Changes

Level 4 •Applied Performance

Hill, A. (2007). Continuous curriculum assessment and improvement: A case study. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, (112), 33-45.

OntologyEngineering

PurposeSystematic method to understand and classify a domain area

Used to explore new domain areasTypes

Inspiration InductionDeductionSynthesisCollaboration

Holsapple, C.W., & Joshi. (2002). A collaborative approach to ontology design. Communications of the ACM, 45(2), 42-47.

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CollaborativeOntologyEngineeringProcess

Artifact Inventory

Artifact Type QuantityCourse Syllabus 46Survey Template 7Evaluation Template 1Report 3Department Policy 1Web Page 3External Policy 4Information System 3

Total: 68

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OntologySpecifications

ID Parent ID

Topic Description

1.00 Evaluators Evaluators are the individuals performing a critical assessment of the evaluee within the scope of assessing the program’s curricular performance.

1.01 1.00 Faculty Faculty are members of the academic department who perform evaluations as part of the curricular review of individual courses and student performance on classroom and clinical activities.References: 1.49, 1.08, 1.21

1.02 1.00 Preceptors The preceptor is an experienced practitioner responsible for guiding and facilitating the student learning experiences in the clinical setting of the preceptor’s area of expertise. The preceptor evaluates the student’s knowledge and skills demonstrated as part of the clinical learning experience.References: 2.04.20, 3.03.09

1.03 1.00 Employers Employers of graduates from the program evaluate the alumni’s demonstrated effectiveness and skills relative achieving the program outcomes.References: 1.51, 1.57

1.04 1.00 Students Students evaluate course and seminar experiences as well as impressions of the overall program. These evaluations take place as part of seminar exit surveys, CoursEval satisfaction surveys, and program surveys.References: 1.47, 1.48, 1.50, 1.52

2.00 Evaluees Evaluees are the individuals or entities whose program curricular performance is assessed by the evaluator.

DepartmentView

Program

EntryGPA Outcome

DuringProgram

Exit fromProgram

PostGraduate

CourseGrades

SurveyResponses

SurveyResponses

ActivityResults

CriteriaResults

Criteria

Criteria

Criteria

AssessmentClasses &Relations

Assessment

Surveys

Outcomes

Evaluations

Courses

Survey Domain

Survey

Program Course

1-Year

Exit Employer

SatisfactionStudent

Evaluation

FacultyReviewTopics

Topics TopicsTopics

Topics

Topics

Recommendations

OutcomesDomain

Outcomes

ProfessionalStandards

Program Course

College

Entities

Standards OutcomesOutcomes

Outcomes

EvaluationsDomain

Evaluation

CourseOutcomes

EvaluationMethod

Skills

Knowledge

Measures


ProgramOutcomes

CollegeOutcomes

FinalGrade

CourseDomain

Course

Program

Faculty CourseOutcomes

ProgramOutcomes

Credits

Prerequisites

Co-requisites


Teaching Strategies

Class

ClinicalCredit

Hour

EvaluationFinal Grade

Paper

Presentation

ClinicalEvaluation

Quiz

Exam

Status

Credentials

Academic

Professional

CollegeOutcomes

Class

Section Term

Delivery

CurricularLevel

Participation

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Results

Researcher SatisfactionQuick understanding of complex domain

Unified understandingMultiple levels of review and communication

High stakeholder satisfactionVisibility of hidden attributesVisibility of hidden relationships Improved macro understanding Improved communication

Discussion?

Education

Ontology Diagrams for Successful Knowldge Capture and Transfer