In this paper we represent a proposed model of elearning management system using semantic web technologies, where course syllabus, teaching methods, learning activities and learning styles are included and it will be more suitable in different learning institutions. Streetfighting trend research, berlin, july 26 2014 furukamapydata2014 berlin. The role of elearning, the advantages and disadvantages of. Semantic web can offer more flexibility in e learning systems through use of new emergent semantic web technologies. The contributors to this second edition of the theory and practice of. These include webcasts, blogs, collaborative software, and virtual classrooms. Elearning technologies and its application in higher. Semantic technologies include all methods, tools, languages, and resources that use the intended meaning of data or services as the reference system of computing. It provides a guide for researchers and developers to the present and future tendencies of resear. Nowadays, classroom teaching no longer simply relies on chalk and blackboard as the prime medium for course dissemination. Today, computer and internet technologies are more integrated with professional, academic, and personal lives.
Stressing the need for web standardslanguages for expressing shared meaning. Right learning management system can prove to be an invaluable tool to help educators automate all tracking and recording activities and maintain learner records score sheets, grade reports. Multimedia and networking technologies have significantly impacted on our daily activities, particularly in terms of how we learn. Elearning model based on semantic web technology fayed. Unfortunately, much of the discussion around online learning is highly emotional and illinformed. Elearning based on the semantic web, ljiljana stojanovic, steffen staab, rudi studer2002 ontologies and the semantic web for elearning, demetrios g sampson, miltiadis d. Their expertise lies in creating web apps, premium websites, e commerce websites, mobile. Adaptive e learning content generation based on semantic web technology 29 edmond holohan, mark melia, declan mcmullen and claus pahl semantic description of the ims learning design specification 37 manuel lama, eduardo sanchez, ricardo amarim and xose vila semantic annotation for the teacher. Ontologies have the potential to design content and learner models required to create adaptive e learning systems based on various characteristics of learners. It looks at the meaning or definitions of e learning as given by different researchers and the role that e learning plays in higher educational institutions in relation to teaching and learning processes, and. Evidence of deployment of the application, and assessmentevaluation of usageuptake. Learning objects and models of semantic web services this section discusses the features and challenges of elearning. Ios press ebooks semantic web technologies for elearning.
Most e learning situations use combinations of these techniques. Physical presence was a nobrainer, and any other type of learning was questionable at best. It groups english words into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides short, general definitions, and records the various semantic relations between these synonym sets. An investigation into best practices for elearning. More recently the pedagogical dimension of e learning has become prominent. Serviceoriented architectures are becoming a popular system paradigm in elearning, and there are several efforts to create community driven service frameworks. Thus, we have devised a model that provides the contents structure using an ontology for an adaptive and intelligent e learning system. Elearning and its effects on teaching and learning in a. Emerging digital technologies and increasing interest in the computerized delivery of higher education have led to e learning through electronic mail, the internet, the world wide web www, and. A personalized adaptive elearning approach based on semantic. Linked data aware software should also get the main content of. One can also see it as a kind of democratization process of making automated agents firstclass citizens.
E learning is naturally suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but can also be used in conjunction with facetoface teaching, in which case. These databases are seen on software sites offering indexed explanations and guidance for software questions, along with stepby. E learning technologies have made it possible to provide a virtual classroom environment on the web through supporting teacherstudent and. This new journal promises to fill an existing gap in the field and will promote interdisciplinary research. Introduction in the last few years there has been an increasing interest within the e. Order ebook this book outlines the latest research, theoretical and technological advances, and applications of semantic web and web 2. Semantic web and internet of things supporting enhanced learning.
We show how the use of semantic web technologies not only promotes highquality and interoperable metadata, but that it also enables reasoning rules to be declared that make developing new services easier. Lytras 2004 semantic web metadata for elearning, mikael nilsson, matthias palmer 2002 design of a semantic webbased brokerage architecture for the e. If one looks at modern content oriented mainstream e learning one can not avoid thinking that e learning has been invented in the early sixties, probably plato in 1963. E learning model based on semantic web technology 65 languages are based on web technology standards, such as xml and rdfs, so as to share and reuse it in any web based knowledge system 23,33. In no way is this set up in opposition to deep learning and other machine learning approaches. Preface the semantic web offers new technologies to the developers of web based applications aiming at providing more intelligent access to and management of the web information a. Quis quality, interoperability and standards in e learning 20043538001001 ele eleb14 standards for e learning authored by the quis team.
The semantic web initiative, above all, was a project whose goal was to help improve the web, and to provide a common generalpurpose explicit structure for web content that can remove some of the guesswork from handling it. Specifically, we consider a situation in which the semantic web technology and tools are widely adopted, and fully integrated within a context of applications exploiting the internet of things paradigm. The\nholding of this workshop would help to build closer connection betwee n\nresearchers from both sides\, and consolidate the collaborations. Pdf on jun 15, 2009, darina dicheva and others published semantic web technologies for elearning find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Alsultanny, design e learning system through the use of. Related to the use of technology for teaching and learning within universities annotated bibliography stephen m. Learning objects and models of semantic web services this section discusses the features and challenges of e learning. An example of a semantic network is wordnet, a lexical database of english. Elearning technologies and its application in higher education. E learning can be viewed as computer assisted learning, and as pedagogy for studentcentered and collaborative learning. Such a scenario will dramatically impact on learning activities, as. As education technology is gradually evolving, there are a lot of elearning courses being offered through learning management systems lms.
The evolution blended learning or elearning was a buzzword few years ago teaching and learning with the aid of computers sendall et al. Alsultanny y, 2006 elearning system overview based on semantic web the electronic journal of elearning volume 4 issue 2, pp 111 118, available online at. These databases are the most basic form of elearning. Early developments in e learning focused on computer assisted learning, where part or all of the learning content is delivered digitally. Enhanced elearning experience by pushing the limits of. Collecting and presenting the latest research and development results from the leading researchers in the field of elearning systems, webbased intelligent elearning systems. A complete application will consist of a single\nelectronic pdf file attachment containing.
Experiences with elearning and application of educational. Dutta, and focuses on the potential uses of semantic web technologies in e learning, and the advantages of using ontology to describe the educational materials. Semantic web technologies applied to elearning system. When it comes to online learning in education, the model has been pretty straightforward up until the early 2000s education was in a classroom of students with a teacher who led the process. Current research on the application of ontologies and semantic web technologies in e learning covers an even greater scope that this diverse set of articles might suggest.
This book outlines the latest research, theoretical and technological advances, and applications of semantic web and web 2. The future of learning learning is becoming more and more important as one of the indispensable tools to ensure future prosperity and wellbeing. An enhanced e learning network based on integration between cloud environment and web is probably suggested for the existing and upcoming e learning tools that are considered as software as a. The theory and practice of online learning, second edition.
Categories of elearning elearning falls into four categories, from the very basic to the very advanced. Though we provide a selective view of the emerging research, we want to convey a sense of todays cutting edge in the design, implementation, and evaluation of ontologyaware. Is also provided a conceptual structure of e learning portal privately with some related work 1. In this paper, we argue that these efforts could benefit if they also drew on semantic web technologies to create semantic web services services that use resources described on the semantic web. Recent development in multimedia elearning technologies. Some of the most common semantic relations defined are meronymy a is a meronym of b if a is part of b, holonymy b is a holonym of a if b contains a. Assessment of africas telematics, policy and regulatory infrastructure. Instructional designers have access to more and more new flexible technologies, as do learners have a multitude of choices and a masters in instructional design is one avenue of getting there. An investigation into best practices for e learning implementation in higher education latefa bin fryan1, lampros stergioulas1 1 school of information system, computing and mathematics brunel university, west london uk yan,lampros. Well, the good news is that \u20 tada \u20 it doesn\u2019t have to be a headache.
Assessment of the costs and benefits of the application of semantic web technologies, e. Online learning or e learning is perhaps one of the hottest and most controversial developments in postsecondary education. Technologies and applications provides a single record of current research and practical applications in webbased intelligent elearning systems. The international journal of intelligent information technologies is a much needed publication outlet for research on important and emerging issues in the design and deployment of intelligent systems. May 28, 2012 this paper outlines possible evolution trends of e learning, supported by most recent advancements in the world wide web. It has both strong advocates and strong critics see, for instance, peters, 2002, and noble, 2003. Many researchers are adopting semantic web technologies to find new ways for designing adaptive learning systems based on describing knowledge using ontological models. The inventor of the word e learning probably was jay cross in 1998.
Athabasca university is a leading institution in the design, testing, and application of new e learning environments. This book offers insight into and illuminates the type of learning. The key characteristic of semantic web architecture promises a powerful approach to satisfy the e learning requirements. E lm o u s s a, a s y s t e mf o rd e t e c t i n g targeted cyberattacks using attack patterns, in proceedings of the in ternation al conferenc e on inform ation syst ems security. A descriptive comparison of germany, united kingdom and united states. Caroline wood reports from the future farm technology expo fft, held at birmingham nec 67 th november, on some of the most promising technologies for the agricultural sector our farming systems face immense challenges including climate change, soil degradation, labour shortages and increasingly extreme weather. The challenge of the semantic web mining technologies in the e learning domain can relate to the provision of personalized experiences for the users.
This is important if we want agents that are not handcrafted only for particular tasks to be developed. Caroline wood food science and technology the journal. With the development of semantic web technology, ouf et al. In this context, the paper firstly explores some fundamental semantic web technologies and then discusses current and potential applications of these technologies in e learning domain, namely, semantic portals, semantic search, personalization, recommendation systems, social software and web 2.
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