In this article, we describe TM4L, an environment for building, maintaining and using standards-based, ontology-aware e-learning repositories. It is based on the idea that concept-driven access to learning material implemented as a topic map can bridge the gap between a learner and targeted knowledge. One of the driving goals of this work is to increase the reusability of available educational resources by enabling the use of a developed subject ontology with courses on the same subject with different stricture. Another goal of TM4L is to support an efficient context-based retrieval of learning content tailored to the needs of a learner working on an educational task. The paper focuses on three aspects of the TM4L environment: domain modelling, editing capabilities and the interface for exploring the learning collection. The key features of the TM4L functionality are illustrated with some examples. © 2006 British Educational Communications and Technology Agency.
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Dicheva, D., & Dichev, C. (2006). TM4L: Creating and browsing educational topic maps. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37(3), 391–404. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00612.x
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