Ontology and taxonomy design and development for personalised web-based learning systems

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 883-896

  Yalcinalp, Serpil ^a   Gulbahar, Yasemin ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURSE DESIGN; DELIVERY METHODS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH; NEW APPROACHES; NEW DIRECTIONS; NEW FORMS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS; WEB BASED LEARNING; WEB-BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS;

CURRICULA; DESIGN; E-LEARNING; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTIC WEB; TEACHING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78349233838     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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