Sixth International Workshop on
Ontologies and Semantic Web for E-Learning
in conjunction with ITS 2008

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Workshop Program - June 24th, 2008 -  9:00 - 16:00

9:00 -   9:10 - Workshop Opening & Logistics

   

9:10 - 10:00 - Keynote Talk & Discussion  

Representation without Reason: Slow Progress toward the Semantic Web

Jim Greer  (ppt)

 

10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee Break

10:30 - 10:55 - Toward Establishing an Ontological Structure for the Accumulation of Learning/Instructional Design Knowledge

Yusuke Hayashi, Jacqueline Bourdeau and Riichiro Mizoguchi   (pdf)

 

10:55 - 11:20 - Ontology-Based Knowledge Representation for a Domain-Independent Problem-Solving ITS Framework

Jean-François Lebeau, Mikaël Fortin, Amir Abdessemed and André Mayers   (pdf)  (ppt)

 

11:20 - 11:45 - Using a Computing Ontology as a Foundation for Curriculum Development

Lillian N. Cassel, Gordon Davies, Richard LeBlanc, Lawrence Snyder and Heikki Topi   (pdf)  (ppt)

 

11:45 - 12:10 Sharing of Community Practice through Semantics: A Case Study in Academic Writing

Vania Dimitrova, Lydia Lau and Alex Le Bek   (pdf)  (ppt)

 

12:10 - 12:40 Discussion I

12:40 - 14:00 - Lunch Break

14:00 - 14:25 - m-LOCO: An Ontology-Based Framework for Context-Aware Mobile Learning

Melody Siadaty, Carlo Torniai, Dragan Gašević, Jelena Jovanovic, Ty Mey Eap and Marek Hatala   (pdf)  (ppt)

 

14:25 - 14:40 - Ontologies for Enabling Learning Objects Retrieval: A Case Study

Monique Grandbastien and Benjamin Huyinh Kim Bang   (pdf)

 

14:40 - 14:55 - Connecting Connexions: Organizing and Integrating Open Learning Content with Topic Maps

Darina Dicheva and Lars Johnsen   (pdf)  (ppt)

14:55 - 15:10 - Towards Integration of Adaptive Educational Systems: Mapping Domain Models to Ontologies

Sergey Sosnovsky, Antonija Mitrovic, Danielle Lee, Peter Brusilovsky, Michael Yudelson, Valeria Brusilovsky, Divyasheel Sharma   (pdf)

 

15:10 - 15:25 MDA and Semantic Web Technologies for Assessment Systems

Sonja Radenković, Nenad Krdžavac and Vladan Devedžić   (pdf)

 

15:25 - 15:30 Ontological Support for Dynamic Adaptation in Educational Games

Phaedra Mohammed   (pdf)

 

15:30 - 16:00 Discussion II & Workshop Wrap Up

16:30 - 20:00 Main Conference Reception & Demo Session 1 (UQAM - RECEPTION ROOM)