Semantic Web embraces inclusion in learning with enhanced discovery of accessible learning objects

SEMANTIC WEB EMBRACES INCLUSION IN LEARNING WITH ENHANCED DISCOVERY OF

ACCESSIBLE LEARNING OBJECTS

George Milis, G.M EuroCy Innovations Ltd

ITAG 2012

(23/10/2012, Nottingham, UK)

www.vipi-project.eu

511792-LLP-1-2010-1-GR-KA3-KA3NW

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ITAG 2012 - 23/10/2012, Nottingham, UK

A PAPER BY…

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George M. Milis (G.M EuroCy Innovations Ltd, Cyprus )

Kosmas Petridis (HyperTech Information Technology, Greece )

Panagiotis Tsoris (Steficon, Greece ) Karel Van Isacker (PhoenixKM, Belgium )

And supported by…

ViPi Lifelong Learning Project - www.vipi-project.eu


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A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS

Learning Object Term credited to Wayne Hodgins,1994 Smaller, self-contained, re-usable units of learning

[Beck, Robert J., "What Are Learning Objects?", Learning Objects, Center for International Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, retrieved 2008-04-29]

text, multimedia, chats, emails, blog posts, games, links, books, articles, etc.

User profile Human user of learning objects to train or to be

trained Heterogeneous learning and social characteristics,

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DISTANCE AND HETEROGENEITY

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THE VSCM MODULE (WORDPRESS PLUGIN)

The back-end Administration component Allows he administrator to maintain the

configuration settings of the module The Semantic Repository component

Stores the semantic knowledge model The Content Annotation component

Allows annotation of User profiles and Learning Objects

The Semantic Navigation component Allows browsing through the semantics and

retrieval of useful results Accessibility issues are taken into

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ADDRESSING THE DISTANCE

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BUT STILL…

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SEMANTIC ANNOTATION OF LEARNING OBJECT [LO1- isa - LearningObject] [LO1 – hasAccessibilityLevel - <some objects from the class

AccessibilityLevels>] [LO1 - hasAccretidationType - <some objects from the class

AccreditationTypes>] [LO1 - suitableForAgeGroup - <some objects from the class

AgeGroups>] [LO1 - isCompatibleWithDevice - <some objects from the

class AssistiveDevice and/or its subclasses>] [LO1 - isOfType - <some objects from the class

ContentType>] [LO1 - addressesICTSkills - <some objects from the class

ICTSkills>] [LO1 - targetsUserGroup - <some objects from the class

ImpairmentType and/or its subclasses>] [LO1 - inLanguage - <an object from the class Language>]

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EXAMPLE OF LO ANNOTATION

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SEMANTIC ANNOTATION OF USER PROFILES [USER1 – hasimpairmentType - <some objects from the class

ImpairmentType>] [USER1 - prefersContentType - <some objects from the class

ContentType>] [USER1 - prefersLanguage - <some objects from the class

Language>] [USER1 - registersForAgeGroup - <some objects from the

class AgeGroups>] [USER1 - subscribedForICTSkills - <some objects from the

class ICTSkills and its subclasses>] [USER2 - specializesImpairmentType - <some objects from

the class ImpairmentType and/or its subclasses>] [USER2 - teachesInLanguage - <some objects from the class

Language>] 20


ADDRESSING THE HETEROGENEITY

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I have a vision impairment and I want to learn about using Google documents.


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