Practical Experiences for the Development of Educational Systems in the Semantic Web

  • Sánchez Vera M
  • Fernández Breis J
  • Serrano Sánchez J
  • et al.
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Semantic Web technologies have been applied in educational settings for different purposes in recent years, with the type of application being mainly defined by the way in which knowledge is represented and exploited. The basic technology for knowledge representation in Semantic Web settings is the ontology, which represents a common, shareable and reusable view of a particular application domain. Ontologies can support different activities in educational settings such as organizing course contents, classifying learning objects or assessing learning levels. Consequently, ontologies can become a very useful tool from a pedagogical perspective. This paper focuses on two different experiences where Semantic Web technologies are used in educational settings, the difference between them lying in how knowledge is obtained and represented. On the one hand, the OeLE platform uses ontologies as a support for assessment processes. Such ontologies have to be designed and implemented in semantic languages apt to be used by OeLE. On the other hand, the ENSEMBLE project pursues the development of semantic web applications by creating specific knowledge representations drawn from user needs. Our paper is consequently going to offer an in-depth analysis of the role played by ontologies, showing how they can be used in different ways drawing a comparison between model patterns and examining the ways in which they can complement each other as well as their practical implicationsEn los últimos años las tecnologías de la Web Semántica se han aplicado en entornos educativos para diferentes propósitos. El tipo de aplicación se ha definido principalmente por cómo el conocimiento se ha representado y difundido. La tecnología básica para la representación del conocimiento en la Web Semántica es la ontología. Ésta representa un punto de vista común, compartido y reutilizable, de un dominio de aplicación concreto. Las ontologías pueden servir de apoyo para diversas actividades en entornos educativos, y pueden ser una herramienta muy utilizada desde el punto de vista pedagógico. En este artículo nos centramos en dos experiencias que utilizan las tecnologías de la Web Semántica en entornos educativos: la plataforma OeLE, que utiliza ontologías como apoyo a los procesos de evaluación (que tienen que estar diseñadas e implementadas en lenguajes semánticos que puedan ser utilizados por OeLE); y el proyecto ENSEMBLE, que pretende desarrollar aplicaciones de la Web Semántica al crear representaciones de conocimiento específicas desde las necesidades del usuario. Vamos a analizar, por tanto, el papel de las ontologías y cómo se pueden utilizar de diferentes modos comparando las pautas de modelos y analizando cómo las ontologías pueden complementarse mutuamente y sus implicaciones para la práctica.

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Sánchez Vera, M. del M., Fernández Breis, J. T., Serrano Sánchez, J. L., & Prendes Espinosa, Ma. P. (2013). Practical Experiences for the Development of Educational Systems in the Semantic Web. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2(1), 23–31. https://doi.org/10.7821/naer.2.1.23-31

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