When cloud computing meets with Semantic Web: A new design for e-portfolio systems in the social media era

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1018-1028

  Kim, Paul ^a   Ng, Chen Kee ^a   Lim, Gloria ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT; E-PORTFOLIOS; IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH; INDEX SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SEARCH; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; NATIONAL LEVEL; NEW APPROACHES; NEW DESIGN; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYSTEM DESIGN; VISUALISATION; WEB ARCHITECTURE;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; DESIGN; GRID COMPUTING; VISUALIZATION;

SEMANTIC WEB;

EID: 78349259254     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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