Semantic Web embraces inclusion in learning with enhanced discovery of accessible learning objects with Karel Van Isacker, George M Milis, Kosmas Petridis & Panagiotis Tsoris

1. SEMANTIC WEB EMBRACES INCLUSION IN
LEARNING WITH ENHANCED DISCOVERY OF
ACCESSIBLE LEARNING OBJECTS
1 George Milis, G.M EuroCy Innovations Ltd
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(23/10/2012, Nottingham, UK)
www.vipi-project.eu
511792-LLP-1-2010-1-GR-KA3-KA3NW

2. A PAPER BY…
 George M. Milis (G.M EuroCy Innovations Ltd,
Cyprus )
 Kosmas Petridis (HyperTech Information
Technology, Greece )
 Panagiotis Tsoris (Steficon, Greece )
 Karel Van Isacker (PhoenixKM, Belgium )
 And supported by…
 ViPi Lifelong Learning Project - www.vipi-
project.eu 2
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11. A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS
 Learning Object
 Term credited to Wayne Hodgins,1994
 Smaller, self-contained, re-usable units of learning
 [Beck, Robert J., "What Are Learning Objects?", Learning
Objects, Center for International Education, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, retrieved 2008-04-29]
 text,multimedia, chats, emails, blog posts, games,
links, books, articles, etc.
 User profile
 Human user of learning objects to train or to be
trained
 Heterogeneous learning and social characteristics,
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abilities, etc.
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12. DISTANCE AND HETEROGENEITY
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14. THE VSCM MODULE (WORDPRESS
PLUGIN)
 The back-end Administration component
 Allows he administrator to maintain the
configuration settings of the module
 The Semantic Repository component
 Stores the semantic knowledge model
 The Content Annotation component
 Allows annotation of User profiles and Learning
Objects
 The Semantic Navigation component
 Allows browsing through the semantics and retrieval
of useful results
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 Accessibility issues are taken into consideration
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15. ADDRESSING THE DISTANCE
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16. BUT STILL…
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18. SEMANTIC ANNOTATION OF
LEARNING OBJECT
 [LO1- isa - LearningObject]
 [LO1 – hasAccessibilityLevel - <some objects from the class
AccessibilityLevels>]
 [LO1 - hasAccretidationType - <some objects from the class
AccreditationTypes>]
 [LO1 - suitableForAgeGroup - <some objects from the class
AgeGroups>]
 [LO1 - isCompatibleWithDevice - <some objects from the class
AssistiveDevice and/or its subclasses>]
 [LO1 - isOfType - <some objects from the class ContentType>]
 [LO1 - addressesICTSkills - <some objects from the class
ICTSkills>]
 [LO1 - targetsUserGroup - <some objects from the class
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 [LO1 - inLanguage - <an object from the class Language>]
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19. EXAMPLE OF LO ANNOTATION
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20. SEMANTIC ANNOTATION OF USER
PROFILES
 [USER1 – hasimpairmentType - <some objects from the class
ImpairmentType>]
 [USER1 - prefersContentType - <some objects from the class
ContentType>]
 [USER1 - prefersLanguage - <some objects from the class
Language>]
 [USER1 - registersForAgeGroup - <some objects from the class
AgeGroups>]
 [USER1 - subscribedForICTSkills - <some objects from the class
ICTSkills and its subclasses>]
 [USER2 - specializesImpairmentType - <some objects from the
class ImpairmentType and/or its subclasses>]
 [USER2 - teachesInLanguage - <some objects from the class
Language>]
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21. ADDRESSING THE HETEROGENEITY
I have a vision impairment and
I want to learn about using
Google documents.
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24. THANK YOU!
“There are no disabled people…just societies not
able enough to accommodate their people needs.”
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