Semantic Web is a Web of new generation. The
main difference from the Web of the first generation is that information
presented is understandable not only for humans, but also for software agents
or other software modules. Ontologies are most often defined as basic component
in Semantic Web infrastructure. Domain
ontologies provide shared and common understanding of a specific domain. They,
as engineering artefacts, are used in different fields, including
e-learning. In this paper, we present
the development of domain ontology for future use in e-learning context. Domain of “E-learning tools” was chosen for
implementation. The distance learning course “E-learning technologies” (3
credits) is elective and oriented not only for students with strong background
of information technologies. Among others, the expected ability of the study
module is formulated as follows: students will be able to analyse, compare and
in the real context to choose the most suitable tools for development of study
materials, delivering distance learning course or making other decision in
e-learning context. Our domain consists of three large parts: tools (software
products), technologies in a wider sense of this word and didactics. The
obstacle of our solution is that the domain is evolving quickly. But since we
agree that “there is no single correct ontology for any domain” (Noy, 2001), we
can freely experiment and foresee further use of developed ontology in
e-learning.
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Publication Date | September 1, 2015 |
Published in Issue | Year 2015 Volume: 2 |