An Ontology Framework for Educational Feedback

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A poster presentation written by Marek Hatala, Jelena Jovanovic, Vladan Devedzic, Dragan Gasevic and Shilpi Rao. It was presented at the ESWC2007. It is about Ontology development, Semantic Web applications and Technology-Enhanced Learning

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The paper proposes an ontological framework, named LOCO, for automatic provision of educational feedback. The framework is based on ontologies and is applicable to various e-learning systems. The use of ontologies is motivated by the increasing demand for effective mechanisms for knowledge management in e-learning, and in particular for capturing and integrating data about various learning contexts. To address this need, we employ ontologies to formalize the concept of learning object context. We define this concept as a specific learning situation, determined by the learning activity, the learning content, and the (group of) learner(s) involved. To illustrate practical implications of the LOCO framework, we present two educational applications that we have implemented on top of LOCO, namely: LOCO-Analyst - a system for provision of teacher-and-author-centric feedback about learners' activities and use of learning content; and MICE - a learner-centric platform used for regulating learners' programming styles when studying a programming language using an integrated development environment.

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