Showing papers by "Mauro Coccoli published in 2010"

CADDIE and IWT: Two different ontology-based approaches to anytime, anywhere and anybody learning

Abstract: The Semantic Web seems to offer great opportunities for educational systems aiming to accomplish the AAAL: Anytime, Anywhere, Anybody Learning. In this scenario, two different research projects are here introduced: CADDIE (Content Automated Design & Development Integrated Editor), developed at the DIST of the University of Genoa, and IWT (Intelligent Web Teacher), developed at the DIIMA of the University of Salerno, each of them characterized by the use of ontologies and semantic technologies in order to support instructional design and personalized learning processes. The former aims to develop a learning resources and instructional paths authoring tool based on a logical and abstract annotation model, created with the goal of guaranteeing the fexibility and personalization of instructional design, the reusability of teaching materials and of the related whole knowledge structures. The latter represents an innovative e-learning solution able to support teachers and instructional designers to model educational domains knowledge, users’ competences and preferences by a semantic approach in order to create personalized and contextualized learning activities and to allow users to communicate, to cooperate, to dynamically create new content to deliver and information to share as well as enabling platform for e-learning 2.0.

Peer-to-peer infrastructures to support the delivery of Learning Objects

Abstract: The adoption of the peer-to-peer (p2p) communication paradigm to enhance e-learning applications has been already proposed. However, advancements both in the knowledge society and p2p applications, allow to further push such joint utilization. The contribution of this paper is to survey the exploitation of p2p technologies within e-learning environments, as well as to investigate the open issues to bring distributed platforms to the next step. In addition, this work also introduces a general framework, based on BitTorrent, to support the delivery of Learning Objects.

Approcci basati su ontologie per l’apprendimento per tutti, in qualunque momento e in ogni luogo: studio dei casi CADDIE e IWT

Abstract: Il Web Semantico appare offrire interessanti opportunita nell’ambito dei sistemi educativi per soddisfare il principio dell’ “apprendimento per tutti, in qualunque momento e in ogni luogo”. In linea con questo principio, in questo lavoro vengono discussi due progetti di ricerca: CADDIE (Content Automated Design & Development Integrated Editor), sviluppato presso il DIST dell’Universita di Genova, e IWT (Intelligent Web Teacher), sviluppato presso il DIIMA dell’Universita di Salerno, entrambi caratterizzati dall’uso di ontologie e tecnologie semantiche per supportare la progettazione didattica e processi di apprendimento personalizzati. Il primo mira allo sviluppo di un sistema autore per la progettazione di risorse per l’apprendimento e percorsi didattici basato su un modello di annotazione logico e astratto, creato con l’obiettivo di garantire la fessibilita e la personalizzazione dei processi di progettazione didattica, la riusabilita dei materiali educativi e delle relative strutture di conoscenza. Il secondo rappresenta una soluzione innovativa per l’e-learning in grado di supportare la modellazione di domini di conoscenza, delle competenze e delle preferenze degli utenti, tramite un approccio semantico al fine di creare attivita di apprendimento personalizzate e contestualizzate, e in grado di consentire agli utenti di comunicare, cooperare, e creare dinamicamente nuovi contenuti da distribuire e condividere.