Using Ontologies for eLearning Personalization

Authors

Paulo Gomes
Bruno Antunes
Luis Rodrigues
Arnaldo Santos
Jacinto Barbeira
Rafael Carvalho

Abstract

Learning is a cognitive activity that differs from student to student. Most of the eLearning systems do not take into account individual aspects of students, ignoring the different needs that are specific to existing cognitive profiles. In this paper, we present an approach to eLearning personalization based on an ontology. We developed a student model that is integrated with an ontology, enabling the personalization system to guide the student's learning process. The developed model monitors the student's progress so that it can update the concepts known by the student and decides which concepts s/he should learn next.

Subject

Ontologies and Personalization

Related Project

PERSONA - Personalização da Aprendizagem em Ambientes E-Learning

Conference

3rd E-learning Conference - Computer Science Education, September 2006

Cited by

Year 2009 : 1 citations

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Year 2008 : 2 citations

H. Srimathi and Dr. S.K. Srivatsa. "Knowledge Representation in Personalized ELearning". Academic Open Internet Journal, ISSN 1311-4360, Volume 23, 2008.

B. Polakowski and K. Amborski, "Ontologies for Learning". Proceedings of the Seventh International Network Conference (INC 2008). 211-221. 2008