Creating Discoverable Learning Content Usinga User-Friendly Authoring Environment
Ben De MeesterHajar Ghaem Sigarchian, Tom De Nies, Anastasia Dimou,
Wesley De Neve, Erik Mannens, Rik Van De Walle
University Ghent – iMinds – Multimedia Lab
Linked Learning meets LinkedUp: Learning and Education with the Web of DataCollocated with ISWC2014
On the menu:
Discoverable Learning Content in EPUB 3…
… and the authoring environment to make that happen
Demo
Discoverable Learning Contentin EPUB 3…
L/CMS
SCORM/…
LOM
Distribution
Package format
Metadata
Current situation
L/CMS
SCORM/…
LOM
Distribution
Package format
Metadata
Current situation
Closed ecosystem
L/CMS
SCORM/…
LOM
THE WEB(including L/CMS)
EPUB 3/EDUPUB
SCHEMA.org/…
(including LOM via LRMI)
Alternative
BUT…
You can’t (practically) create linked content like this:
The user-friendlyAuthoring Environment
to make linked learning content
Next steps
Exploit EPUB 3/semantic annotations
Auto-discoverability of learning content
User testing the Authoring Environment
Increase capabilities of e-reading for better learning
Our project
Our pilot project partners:
Special thanks to SWSA for support in the form of a travel grant
Link to the paper: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1254/2_meester.pdf
