A comprehensive model that delineates the interrelationships among ‘user involvement’, ‘knowledge cognition’, ‘organizational mechanisms’, and ‘knowledge creation’ is absent. This study aims to fill this void. Unlike previous research, this study examined the issues of effective knowledge management from two perspectives: individuals, i.e. user involvement and knowledge cognition, and organizat...

In this article I discuss the findings from a student survey that examined the role of online discussion groups in maintaining a learning community when nursing students were separated by time and place during their last practicum before graduation. The learning community was created face-to-face and then maintained and enhanced through online discussions. Students gained skills and knowledge ...