Ontology-Based Adaptive E-learning System Modeling in Semantic Learning Web

As information increases explosively, the diversity andFourthly, the user information model and user
heterogeneity of knowledge in different domains makeknowledge space model were studied, the user model
it difficult to represent and share knowledge.Ontology was built. The user information sub-Ontology
Meanwhile, the adaptive learning pattern is favored byto describe user's basic information, the user
more and more learners, and how to acquire thepreference sub-Ontology to describe user's
knowledge in need from complex knowledge basespreference information, user performance
and construct personal knowledge system hassub-Ontology to describe user's performance
recently become a hot spot of research.information along with the user competency Ontology
Semantic learning web, which combines semantic webto describe user's learning skills were established
and web-based education technologies, shed lights onrespectively. The semantic association among user
the development of modem education, and providemodel ontology, domain knowledge ontology and
learners more efficient and high-quality intelligentlearning resources description Ontology was analyzed.
services. This paper, which based on semantic learningA well-modeled basis was build for the adaptive
web, semantically described domain knowledge ande-learning system.
user pattern using Ontology technology, presented theFinally, the functional modules and system architecture
architecture of ontology-based adaptive e-learningof the ontology-based adaptive e-learning system
system (OntoAES) , provided the platform for(OntoAES) were presented, the correlation and
knowledge acquiring and sharing, and also providedapplication pattern between various Ontology and
learners with effective learning services based onsystem modules were studied. The adaptive e-learning
personal knowledge spaces and preferences.steps and process of the OntoAES were discussed.
Firstly, various theory models of teaching and learningBased on analysis of user learning behavior records,
processes were studied; the definition and descriptionthe analysis and definition of the potential learning
of learning behaviors in those theory models wereresource relation pattern based on users' use of log,
analyzed; based on different characteristics of thethe relation model and user preference model were
learning behaviors, the features and requirements ofacquired through information extraction and data mining
the adaptive e-learning process was studied in ordertechnologies. Learning path information in Domain
to provide the theory architecture and behavior modelknowledge and user preference information could be
for the adaptive e-learning system; how to presentrefreshed; the model and method this paper presents
knowledge space was studied, domain knowledgewere verified.
model and user knowledge space model wereThe main contributions are as follows:
established.1) Present the relation model of knowledge space, and
Secondly, the features of domain knowledge wasmethod to build domain knowledge Ontology based on
studied; as the complexity and diversity of domainknowledge engineering;
knowledge and the lack of ontology engineering2) establish the Ontology of computer science domain
technology for domain experts make it difficult toand user model Ontology, present the architecture of
develop domain ontology, the method to establishthe Ontology-based adaptive e-learning system;
ontology based on knowledge engineering was3) Define the adaptive e-learning rules based on
proposed; the method to extract domain knowledgeOntology, build the matching model between user
concepts, define concepts hierarchical structure andpreference ontology and study resource description
construct the relationship models were presented. Theontology, study resource relation model and
construction process to build domain ontology waspreference model based on data using.
simplified.This paper provides the basis and guidance for
Thirdly, computer science was choose as theestablishing the ontology of the Education Semantic
research domain, based on the domain knowledgeWeb, and design and building of the adaptive e-learning
space model, the knowledge taxonomy architecturesystem. The future work includes the perfection of the
and concept sets were constructed, and domainontology and the function of the adaptive e-learning
knowledge ontology was built. On the basis ofsystem, the study of the matching model in ontology
E-learning standards, learning resources descriptionas well as the rules of adaptive e-learning based on
Ontology was established, which provided moreontology, and to provide learners an intelligent and
semantics to learning resources description model andefficient learning system.
more space to be expanded.