How Semantic Web Technologies Could Be Used in OSP and Other Mellon-funded Projects. Earlier this month, the principal investigators of the learning technology development projects funded by the Mellon Foundation met to discuss potential applications of Semantic Web technologies within and across projects. Here are my reflections:
Most of the Mellon-funded work so far has made the modularity of content and tools a central focus. Learning resources and the products of learning are captured and stored in a way that makes them easy to locate and exchange. Some projects, such a VUE, Sophie (formerly TK4), OSP, and OCW, have provided ways for content authors to represent more complex conceptual structures that link together smaller units of content--concepts, pages, artifacts, and course materials, respectively--into larger structures--concept maps, ebooks, portfolios, and courses. However, these structures are largely proprietary to the individual application. They are also useful only to human readers.
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