Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance

We have witnessed a great interest in ontologies as an emerging technology within the Semantic Web. Its foundation that was laid in the last decade paved the way for the development of ontologies and systems that use ontologies in various domains, including the E-Learning domain. In this article, we survey key contributions related to the development and use of ontologies in the domain of E-Learning systems. We provide a framework for classification of the literature that is useful for the community of practice in categorizing work in this field and for determining possible research lines. We also discuss future trends in this area.

Ontologies in E-Learning : Review of the Literature

Over the last years, Information and Communication Technologies have played a substantial role in improving both the quality of life for people. However, their potential in education is still devel...

Digital competences for teacher professional development. Systematic review

Resolving Social Conflicts: Selected Papers on Group Dynamics.@@@The More Perfect Union: A Program for the Control of Inter-Group Discrimination in the United States.

Teaching in higher education is changing due to the influence of technology. More and more technological tools are replacing old teaching methods and strategies. Thus, mobile devices are being positioned as a key tool for new ways of understanding educational practices. The present paper responds to a systematic review about the benefits that mobile devices have for university students’ learning. Using inclusion and exclusion criteria in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, 16 articles were selected to argue why Mobile learning (Mlearning) has become a modern innovative approach. The results point to an improvement in students’ learning through Mlearning, factors that encourage the use of mobile devices in universities have been identified, and effective mobile applications in improving teaching and learning processes have been presented. The inclusion of this methodology requires a new role for teachers, whose characterization is also specified.

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/24/6917/pdf

Using Mobile Devices for Improving Learning Outcomes and Teachers’ Professionalization

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how personalisation of learning resources and services can be achieved for students with and without disabilities, particularly responding to the needs of those with multiple disabilities in e‐learning systems The paper aims to introduce ONTODAPS, the Ontology‐Driven Disability‐Aware Personalised E‐Learning System, which has the mechanism for such personalisationDesign/methodology/approach – This paper reviews current e‐learning systems that provide personalisation for students, including their strengths and weaknesses The paper presents personalisation and its techniques and then presents ONTODAPS, which personalises learning resources and services to students In total, three case studies are considered to show how personalisation is achieved using ONTODAPSFindings – This paper shows that it is possible to use automated ontology‐based agents intercommunicating to provide an effective personalisation for disabled students The results reveal that ONTODAP

Ontology-Driven Disability-Aware E-Learning Personalisation with ONTODAPS

Whilst a lot of research has been carried out on designing learning environments to meet the needs of learners, much of such research has focused on producing less flexible ready-made environments ...

Towards learner-constructed e-learning environments for effective personal learning experiences

The number of students with disabilities in UK higher education institutions increases every year. Delivering education online is becoming increasingly challenging as institutions encounter some disabilities requiring adjustments of learning environments. The law requires that people with disabilities be given equivalent learning experiences to their non-disabled peers through “reasonable adjustments”. Educational institutions have thus utilised assistive technologies to assist disabled students in their learning, but some of these technologies are incompatible with some learning environments, hence excluding some disabled students and resulting in a disability divide. To solve this problem, amongst other solutions, e-learning personalisation has been used and more recently, this is also achieved using Semantic Web technologies such as ontologies. Nevertheless, as ontologies are incorporated into learning environments little seems to be done to personalise learning for some disabled students. This...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.11120/ital.2011.10010001

Ontology-based e-learning personalisation for disabled students in higher education

The Portable Document Format (PDF) accessibility practice of four journal publishers

A growing body of literature shows that social media plays a key role during crises and conflicts. In addition to traditional media, social media are used to mobilise people for a common cause and ...

Julius T. Nganji

Papers

Ontology-Driven Disability-Aware E-Learning Personalisation with ONTODAPS

Towards learner-constructed e-learning environments for effective personal learning experiences

Ontology-based e-learning personalisation for disabled students in higher education

The Portable Document Format (PDF) accessibility practice of four journal publishers

Use of Twitter in the Cameroon Anglophone crisis