Exploiting semantic web and ontologies for personalised learning services: towards semantic web-enabled learning portals for real learning experiences

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Vargas Vera, Maria ^a   Lytras, Miltiadis ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

personalisation; semantic web; technology enhanced learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350109453     PISSN: 17411009     EISSN: 17411017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2008.019734     Document Type: Article

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