The Knowledge Management Approach Helps UII Communication Sites Win the UIIWeb Contest
Pandemic limiting interaction between students and lecturers. Including academic services is also not as easy as usual. Campus academicians find it difficult to access facilities and activities to enrich their knowledge such as discussions, workshops, training, and expert lectures with expert speakers. So, the quality of the campus digital line must reach its best performance. Both websites and social media and other platforms.
Through UII Website Appreciation, UII Public Relations encourages site managers throughout UII to improve their performance so that service quality increases. Many departments, faculties, and units are rewarded with many website winners categories. One of them is the UII Communication site, which won first place in the Website Category for the most content updates. So the gold winner award was given as an appreciation for the hard work of all academic members of the UII Communication Science Study Program.
This award was made at the Virtual Awarding UII Website Appreciation 2020 event which was broadcast through the YouTube channel of the Islamic University of Indonesia on Friday (13/11). Previously, the judging of 45 participants from website representatives was carried out from 20 August to 20 October 2020.
The Knowledge Management (KM) approach in the Production of Site Content, Social Media, and Youtube Communication UII, since 2018, has implemented the Knowledge Management (KM) approach in publishing website content, social media PSDMA Nadim and IP.Communication, and Uniicoms TV Online TV. This approach allows content to be created from a variety of potentials and knowledge that the department has. Knowledge management makes the process of coming back and identifying data and information into knowledge. So it is not impossible, the KM approach can show the characteristics of the Communication Science Study Program UII which has a vision of Communication for Empowerment.
The Chancellor of UII, Fathul Wahid, also gave high appreciation to the site managers at UII. “When physical mobility is limited due to the pandemic, the quality and updating of website content becomes the spearhead. So our high appreciation goes to the website managers,” said the UII Chancellor opening this award ceremony.
In line with that, Ratna Permata Sari, Head of Public Relations at UII, said that, “For the first time, this appreciation is given to the website which is managed by the Faculty units, Departments / Study Programs, Service Units, and Study Centers within UII.” This appreciation is given to all site managers for their creative efforts in the midst of the pandemic in maintaining a positive image of the Islamic University of Indonesia.
“Hopefully it can provide inspiration, enthusiasm and also open mutual attention about the importance of updating the website as the vanguard of higher education,” added Fathul Wahid in his digital broadcast.
