Learning Technologies and Semantic Integration of Learning Resources

Author

Dodero, Juan Manuel ; Palomo-Duarte, Manuel ; Ruiz-Rube, Ivan ; Traverso, Ignacio ; Mota, Jose Miguel ; Balderas, Antonio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Feb. 2015

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

16

Abstract

Nowadays, virtual learning environments are developed as digital ecosystems based on existing resources, applications, and web services. Even if they are not hosted in a centralized course management system, they are usually highly coupled. In this paper, we show how semantic technologies can help decoupling them. We build an e-learning web ecosystem enriched with an educational information according to an educational information model and a domain-specific model, so we provide teachers and students with a common user interface. We implemented our proposal in the ASCETA project, integrating well-known open-source systems, such as wikis, blogs, microblogging services, content management systems, and task management systems.

Keywords

Web services; Web sites; computer aided instruction; content management; semantic Web; ASCETA project; Web services; blogs; centralized course management system; content management system; digital ecosystem; domain-specific model; e-learning Web ecosystem; educational information model; learning resource semantic integration; learning technologies; microblogging services; open-source system; semantic technologies; students; task management system; teachers; user interface; virtual learning environment; wikis; Ecosystems; Information services; Semantics; Twitter; Virtual learning; Vocabulary; Web services; Semantic web; virtual learning environments; web services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-8540

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/RITA.2015.2391312

Filename

7024133