Ontologies for Effective Use of Context in e-Learning Settings

This paper presents an ontology-based framework aimed at explicit representation of context-specific metadata derived from the actual usage of learning objects and learning designs. The core part of the proposed framework is a learning object context ontology, that leverages a range of other kinds o...

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Published inEducational technology & society Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 47 - 59
Main Authors Jovanovic, Jelena, Gasevic, Dragan, Knight, Colin, Richards, Griff
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Palmerston North International Forum of Educational Technology & Society 01.01.2007
Subjects
Collaborative learning
Distance learning
Domain ontologies
Educational activities
Educational Environment
Educational Technology
Effectiveness studies
Electronic Learning
Experiential learning
Instructional Design
Knowledge representation
Learning
Learning Processes
Learning styles
Metadata
Online learning
Ontology
Special Issue Articles
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This paper presents an ontology-based framework aimed at explicit representation of context-specific metadata derived from the actual usage of learning objects and learning designs. The core part of the proposed framework is a learning object context ontology, that leverages a range of other kinds of learning ontologies (e.g., user modeling ontology, domain ontology, and learning design ontology) to capture the information about the real usage of a learning object inside a learning design. We also present some learner-centered and teacher-centered scenarios enabled by the proposed framework in order to illustrate the benefits the framework offers to these key participants of any learning process. Finally, we demonstrate how two present educational tools (i.e. TANGRAM and LOCO-Analyst) correspond to the proposed architecture.
ISSN:1176-3647
1436-4522
1436-4522