Semantic Technologies in
E-learning
Julija Lapuh Bele, B2 Ltd.
David Rozman, B2 Ltd.ICL2010 | Hasselt, Belgium | September 16th 2010
Introduction | Company Profile
Time & size
• Established in 1989
• 35 fully employed at the moment
Core business
• Computer trainings for business users
• Private college (formal education)
• ICT services (custom IT solutions, ERP)
• Full e-learning provider
Practical Issues
Vir
: rec
ipet
ips.
com
How to make a wallnut roll? (recipe)
How to prepare a delicios one? (others’ experience)
How to get all info about it, e.g. ingredients cost,
where to buy them /at very this moment/…?
Web Has All the Answers
Reaching the answer through
content in the web
Web 1.0HTTP, HTML, XML, SQL…
Web 2.0JAVA, FLASH, AJAX, RSS…
Web 3.0RDF, OWL, SPARQL…
Web 3.0 ~ Semantic Web
• Readable, but not alsounderstandable to machinesWeb content
• Computers shoud do more unpleasant work when searching, exchanging and combining data
Aim
• From ‘web of documents’ to ‘webof linked data’ Leap
Couple of Examples
What are nearestfree hotel rooms
near ICL conference?
Which Belgiumtraditional
restaurant is closestto my current
location and is stillopen?
Vir
i: m
aps.
goo
gle.
com
, ww
w.w
ise
corp
.cn
How Does Semantic Web Work?
Elements
Linked data andrelationships
• Sintax (XML)
• Semantics (RDF)
• Tripples
Dictionaries or ontologies
• OWL
Querying linkeddata
• SPARQL
Inferential rules
• Deduction bymachines support
<HEADER>Jack Johnson</HEADER>...
(Jack Johnson) :is (AUTHOR)
TEXT EDITORS WORD DOCUMENT HEADERLEARNING OBJECTIVES ESSAY HEADER
IF (ESSAY) :contains (AUTHOR)
THEN (ESSAY) :has_status (COPYRIGHT)
Semantic Web in Education
Innovations in education
• Technologies
• Pedagogicalapproaches
Probabledevelopment
• Personalized VLEs
Semantic webcontribution
• Ontologies and rules
• Data of learningstyle & progress
E-learning Fundamentals
E-content Technology Services
LMS | LCMS | E-classrooms | Multilanguage | Corporate & Academic groups
eCampus on
the Road to Web 3.0
New functionalitiessupported by semantics
Advanced e-contentsearch
E-content adaption to students learning
style
Individuallycustomized learning
path
Autolinking e-contentkeywords with
external sources
Knowledge Base
Metadata of e-learning content, e-courses and students’ activities
ChallengesTechnical
view• Not widely spread/used yet
• Lack of experts
Contentview
• Content standards(ECDL syllabus)
• Copyright issues
Pedagogicalview
• E-content adoptionconsideration
• “Big Brother”
© 2009 B2 d.o.o. Vse pravice pridržane. Ta predstavitev je izključno informativnega značaja.
Podjetje B2 d.o.o. s tem gradivom ne daje za opisana dejstva nobenih jamstev.
Thank you!
Julija Lapuh Bele, David Rozman
B2 d.o.o. | www.b2.eu
Aim > more intuitive and
immersive learning experience
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