Language Technology for eLearning

Abstract

Abstract. Given the huge amount of static and dynamic content created for eLearning tasks, the major challenge for extending their use is to improve the effectiveness of retrieval and accessibility by making use of Learning Management Systems. The aim of the European project Language Technology for eLearning is to tackle this problem by providing Language Technology based functionalities and by integrating semantic knowledge to facilitate the management, distribution and retrieval of the learning material.

Supporting knowledge Discovery in an eLearning Environment Having Social Components

“…Domain ontologies offer useful support in a learning path since they provide a formalization of the knowledge of a domain approved by an expert. In addition, ontologies can support formal learning through the annotation of the learning objects [1].…”

“…In the CSF we take, as starting point, the ontology on computing that was developed in the "Language Technology for eLearning" project (cf. [1]). It contains 1002 domain concepts, 169 concepts from OntoWordNet and 105 concepts from DOLCE Ultralite.…”

“…One of the objectives of the Language Technologies for LifeLong Learning (LTfLL) 1 project is to develop services that facilitate learners and tutors in accessing formal and informal knowledge sources in the context of a learning task. More specifically, the aim is to support learner's interaction in order to facilitate knowledge discovery and knowledge co-creation.…”

“…An appropriate way to retrieve formal content might be by means of an ontology which can support the learner in the learning path, facilitate (multilingual) retrieval and reuse of content as well as mediate access to various sources of 1 http://www.ltfll-project.org/ knowledge, as concluded in [1]. In our specific case we use an ontology in the domain of computing, which is employed to provide deep annotation of the learning materials that should facilitate their understanding and reuse.…”

Organization of Documents for Multiple Document Summarization

“…It is a great challenge to improve the effectiveness of retrieval and accessibility of learning objects. Scientists are investigating how language technology can be utilized for e-learning [11]. Techniques have been developed to automatically extract the keyword from learning object [3] [6], and use ontology in facilitating elearning.…”