Expanding the Benefits of Kasetsart University Knowledge Repository to Support Lifelong Learning

Abstract

Expanding benefits of Kasetsart University Knowledge Repository aimed to disseminate and transfer knowledge in the field of agriculture and specialized fields of Kasetsart University, to be a learning resource, and to support lifelong learning that citizens can access anywhere, anytime. The results of the work were as follows: 1) Extracted, analyzed, and classified Kasetsart University's knowledge into 7 categories, including agriculture, technical work, business work, invention/creative work, service work, food/beverage work, and others. And developed API that connects data to Knowledge Base for Learning. 2) Extracted knowledge and developed the Lifelong-Learning Knowledge Base in 12 areas, including rice, mango, bamboo, herbs, mushrooms, fisheries, durian, beef cattle, dairy cows, buffalo, catfish, and tilapia. The results of the evaluation of satisfaction of Lifelong-Learning Knowledge Base, the overall satisfaction was at a good level at an average of 4.13 and the most satisfaction topic was the usefulness of the information received and the speed of the system.