Ontology-based framework for context-aware mobile learning

Jawad Berri, Rachid Benlamri, Yacine Atif

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    46 Citations (Scopus)

    Abstract

    Mobile learning is becoming an important research topic as people are increasingly connected through smart phones that combine telephony, computing, messaging, and multimedia. The process of designing, communicating and presenting learning resources for mobile learners poses new challenges to the research community. This is mainly due to the limited bandwidth of wireless networks, limited resource available on mobile devices, and the special requirements of mobile learners. In this paper, an attempt is made to solve some of these problems by proposing an ontology-based framework for context-aware mobile learning. The system consists mainly of a rule-based ontology and a search agent. The rule-based ontology component is driven by the learner profile to contextualize learning content accordingly. The goal is to extract from a source ontology a lightweight target ontology by firing a set of rules based on the learner profile. The extracted conceptual knowledge is then mapped to a set of learning objects that meet the technical requirements of the used mobile technology. The mapping is geared by a search agent that searches a set of distributed learning objects repositories for feasible lightweight learning objects.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIWCMC 2006 - Proceedings of the 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
    Pages1307-1310
    Number of pages4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    EventIWCMC 2006 - 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference - Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Duration: Jul 3 2006Jul 6 2006

    Publication series

    NameIWCMC 2006 - Proceedings of the 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
    Volume2006

    Other

    OtherIWCMC 2006 - 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityVancouver, BC
    Period7/3/067/6/06

    Keywords

    • Ontology
    • Semantic web
    • Wireless and mobile learning

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Engineering
    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Software

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