Leveraging the semantic web for intelligent and adaptive education

Abstract

Knowledge is considered a foundation of all aspects of society and economy in general, and the need for fast, relevant and just-in-time learning is more important than ever. However, current educational systems face difficult challenges when it comes to interoperability, reusability, adaptivity, as well as knowledge sharing and management. This paper presents a novel approach to the development of educational systems based on the integration of Semantic Web technologies and the agent technology through an open e-learning architecture named SWEA. SWEA is to provide a distributed, dynamic and adaptive learning environment. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.