Supporting the Study Process using Semantic Web Technologies

Abstract

The complexity of study process at our faculty (several study programs, the dynamics of 220 teaching staff, more than 300 courses and over 2000 students) represents a great obstacle for our students who have to select mentors for their practical projects. Based on some very promising results of using semantic web technologies in education we developed a mentor selection support system, which is presented in this paper. Having the competences and skills regarding specific topics represented in a form of ontology-based semantic network enabled us to retrieve this information automatically. The results show some very positive aspects of using the system, both for students and teaching staff. Ill. 4, bibl. 17 (in English; abstracts in English and Lithuanian). V. Podgorelec, M. Grešak. Studijų proceso palaikymas taikant semantinio tinklo technologijas // Elektronika ir elektrotechnika. -Kaunas: Technologija, 2011. -Nr. 10(116). -P. 105-108.Nagrinėjamame fakulteto studijų procese didele kliūtimi laikomas praktiniams projektams skirto mentoriaus pasirinkimas. Taikant semantinio tinklo technologijas, buvo sudaryta mentorių atrankos palaikymo sistema, duodanti labai gerų rezultatų. Tokiu atveju tinkamai panaudojamos turimos žinios ir kompetencijos. Gauti rezultatai rodo, kad tokią sistemą teigiamai vertina tiek studentai, tiek patys dėstytojai. Il. 4, bibl. 17 (anglų kalba; santraukos anglų ir lietuvių k.).

Mapping Ontologies to Objects using a Transformation based on Description Logics

“…We support the solution to transform some of the semantic web technologies into a well-known object-oriented environment. Furthermore, we believe that bridging the gap between abstract ontological concepts and everyday programming technologies would largely increase the adoption of ontologies in solving many common engineering tasks [6]. Thereby we focus on the developer's perspective by helping them to access semantically rich information in a familiar way.…”