The Application of EM for Knowledge Flow Analysis and the Development of an Educational IT Ecosystem

Knowledge flow is invisible but plays an important role in educational processes. A wide range of accessible information technology (IT) for educational purposes as well as the potential for new technologies allow people to learn throughout their lives. Accelerated IT development and short amount of time for learning activities emphasize the requirement for continuing education and the synergy between accessible technologies. Analysis of knowledge flow becomes important during the learning process within an educational information technology (IT) ecosystem. Learning objects within IT are the major medium that enables knowledge to pass between teacher and learner. The developer of an educational system can identify factors that may impact on the learning process more successfully by using enterprise modeling The objective of this article is to apply the enterprise modeling approach to the analysis of knowledge flow in continuing education. The proposed approach can be applied not only to educational institutions but also in business organizations. The digital ecosystem approach is implemented in the model to support the knowledge flow analysis within educational and business processes