Editorial:The Importance of Knowledge Management for Effective Electronic Learning in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Editor-in-Chief Lecture

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Editor of the Scientific Journal of Strategic Management of Organizational Knowledge and Chairman of the Faculty of Management and Economics, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran

10.47176/smok.2020.0104

Abstract

   Nowadays, in most countries the trend in e-learning development in educational centers and related organizations is highly affected by the outspread of Corona Virus (COVID-19). The concept of e-learning entered the field of education with the growth of information and communications technologies (ICT) and attracted many education centers and institutions. The Corona incidence has greatly accelerat-ed the growth that e-learning was undergoing with the rapid devel-opment of ICT, as many institutions have been forced into its em-ployment as a prevention measure. This event has had many other advantages, the most important are worldwide accessibility, numer-ous programs and choices, active participation, student-orientation, punctuality, cost reduction, optional speed of learning and the pos-sibility of revision, multifaceted assessment and preservation of nat-ural resources.
It is noteworthy that knowledge management application can have an important role in knowledge-based development of the e-learning process and its positive consequences such as personal and organizational performance improvement and it can also manage e-learning challenges and problems.
Due to the close relation between knowledge and learning, knowledge management can participate notably in the improvement of teaching processes and thus substantialize continuous learning as a culture. Quality improvement, development of human resources and fundamental development in management and measurement are some of the knowledge management roles in education.

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