Can Educators Develop Ontologies Using Ontology Extraction Tools: An End-User Study

Authors:
Marek Hatala;Dragan Gašević;Melody Siadaty;Jelena Jovanović;Carlo Torniai
Affiliations:
Simon Fraser University, Canada;Athabasca University, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Canada;University of Belgrade, Serbia;University of Southern California, USA
Venue:
EC-TEL '09 Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The recent research demonstrated several important benefits in the use of semantic technologies in development of technology-enhanced environments. The one underlying assumption for most of the current approaches is that there is a domain ontology. The second unspoken assumption follows that educators will build domain ontologies for their courses. However, ontologies are hard to build. Ontology extraction tools aim to overcome this problem. We have conducted an empirical study with educators where they used current ontology tools to extract ontologies from their existing course material. The results are reported for the IT and non-IT educators.