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Semantic Web embraces inclusion in learning with enhanced discovery of accessible learning objects with Karel Van Isacker, George M Milis, Kosmas Petridis & Panagiotis Tsoris
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SEMANTIC WEB EMBRACES INCLUSION IN LEARNING WITH ENHANCED DISCOVERY OF
ACCESSIBLE LEARNING OBJECTS
George Milis, G.M EuroCy Innovations Ltd
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(23/10/2012, Nottingham, UK)
www.vipi-project.eu
511792-LLP-1-2010-1-GR-KA3-KA3NW
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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
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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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THANK YOU!
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