Abstract
ELearning,oronlinelearning,standsforallformsofInternet-enabledand/orcom- putersupportedlearning.Itreferstotheuseofcomputerandcomputernetwork technologiestocreate,deliver,manageandsupportlearning,usuallyindependentof specificlocationsortimes.eLearningcaninvolvecompleteonlinecourses,whereall aspectsoflearning,fromlearnerenrollmenttotuitionandsupporttakeplaceonline. AttheotherendoftheeLearningspectrum,theseelementsmaywelltakeplaceina facetofacesituation,withonlythelearningresourcesavailableontheinternet.Ac- cessibilityoflearningresourcesisaccompaniedbytheneedtoannotatetheresources withrich,standardizedandwidelyusedmetadata. ThischaptergivesanoverviewovertheuseofmetadataineLearningaswellas aboutinnovativeapproachesandtechniqueswedevelopedforenhancedeLearning scenarios.Thefirstsectionwillgiveabriefintroductiontothefieldofmetadataand metadatabindings.Insection1.2wewilldiscussourexperienceswiththesemeta- data,metadataschemasandmetadataannotationsinthecontextofalargecomputer sciencetestbed.Insection1.3wewilldiscusstheneedformetadataclassificationsto describecontent/topicofaresource.Wewillintroducedifferentontologiesweused anddiscusstheiruseandhowtheyandotherkindsofmetadataareusedtoquery theforspecific resourcesinmoredetail.Section1.4generalizesthesettingfroma serverbasedtoapeer-to-peerscenarioanddiscussestheEdutellaprojectinmorede- tail,whichrepresentsthefirst RDF-basedpeer-to-peernetworkfordigitalresources andfortheexchangeoflearningobjectsandservices.
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Brase, J., & Nejdl, W. (2004). Ontologies and Metadata for eLearning. In Handbook on Ontologies (pp. 555–573). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24750-0_28
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