Ontology-driven disability-aware e-learning personalisation with ONTODAPS

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-34

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADOOLES; Disabilities; Distance learning; E learning; Learning methods; ONTODAPS; Ontologies; Personalization; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871487589     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650741311288797     Document Type: Review

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