Semantic-based automated composition of distributed learning objects for personalized e-learning

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3532, Issue , 2005, Pages 633-648

  Colucci, Simona ^a,c   Di Noia, Tommaso ^a   Di Sciascio, Eugenic ^a   Donini, Francesco M ^b   Ragone, Azzurra ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FORMAL LOGIC; METADATA; SEMANTICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COURSEWARE; DESCRIPTION LOGIC; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING; E-LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 26444600276     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11431053_43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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