Ontology-based e-learning personalisation for disabled students in higher education

ITALICS Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Nganji, Julius T ^a   Brayshaw, Mike ^a   Tompsett, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Disability; Disability divide; Disabled students; E learning; Higher education; Learning environments; Ontology; Personalisation; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858830572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14737507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11120/ital.2011.10010001     Document Type: Article

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