Taking advantage of metadata semantics: The case of learning-object-based lesson graphs

Knowledge and Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-348

  Motelet, Olivier ^a   Baloian, Nelson ^a   Pino, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Learning object metadata; Learning object retrieval; Lesson authoring; Lesson graph; Metadata processing; Metadata propagation

Indexed keywords

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SEMANTICS; SPECIFICATIONS;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; APPLICATION EXAMPLES; EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS; EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK; LEARNING OBJECT METADATA; LEARNING OBJECTS; LESSON AUTHORING; LESSON GRAPH;

METADATA;

EID: 69949166258     PISSN: 02191377     EISSN: 02193116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10115-008-0181-z     Document Type: Article

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