Experiences With Building A Narrative Web Content Management System: Best Practices For Developing Specialized Content Management Systems (And Lessons Learned For The Classroom)

Abstract

In this chapter, I begin by examining the process of creating a specialized online content management system (CMS) and conclude by applying the techniques and lessons learned from this experience to classroom pedagogy. Specifically, I consider the development of a Web-based CMS that was created using stories as the raw material for propagating organizational knowledge (a more detailed description of this process is found in McDaniel, 2004). While the theoretical basis for such an effort is an interesting study in its own regard (see Denning, 2001; Post, 2002; Smart, 1999 for studies of storytelling at work in organizations such as the Bank of Canada, the World Bank, and NASA; or Kim (2005) for a discussion of narrative as it applies to the field of technical communication), the issues involved with the construction of such an interface deserve their own unique discussion. In addition, this humanities-friendly data model presents an opportunity for studying the implications of using content-compatible CMS design methodologies in a classroom with advanced writing, communications, or digital media students.

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Content Management: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice

Number of Pages

15-42

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315224893-5

Socpus ID

85017828629 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85017828629

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