Personalization and Contextualization of Learning Experiences based on Semantics

Authors

  • Nicola Capuano University of Salerno
  • Giuseppina Rita Mangione University of Salerno
  • Anna Pierri University of Salerno
  • Saverio Salerno University of Salerno

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v9i7.3666

Keywords:

adaptive learning systems, learning context, knowledge representation, learning design

Abstract


Context-aware e-learning is an educational model that foresees the selection of learning resources to make the e-learning content more relevant and suitable for the learner in his/her situation. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that an ontological approach can be used to define leaning contexts and to allow contextualizing learning experiences finding out relevant topics for each context. To do that, we defined a context model able to formally describe a learning context, an ontology-based model enabling the representation of a teaching domain (including context information) and a methodology to generate personalized and context-aware learning experiences starting from them. Based on these theoretical components we improved an existing system for personalized e-learning with contextualisation features and experimented it with real users in two University courses. The results obtained from this experimentation have been compared with those achieved by similar systems.

Author Biographies

Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno

Department of Information Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Scientific Officer

Giuseppina Rita Mangione, University of Salerno

Department of Information Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Research Assistant

Anna Pierri, University of Salerno

Department of Information Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Research Assistant

Saverio Salerno, University of Salerno

Department of Information Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Full Professor

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Published

2014-04-27

How to Cite

Capuano, N., Mangione, G. R., Pierri, A., & Salerno, S. (2014). Personalization and Contextualization of Learning Experiences based on Semantics. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 9(7), pp. 5–14. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v9i7.3666