Ontologies for effective use of context in e-learning settings

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 47-59

  Jovanović, Jelena ^a   Gašević, Dragan ^b,c   Knight, Colin ^c   Richards, Griff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Learning context; Learning design; Learning objects; Ontologies; Personalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949151596     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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