The virtual learning commons architecture based on semantic technologies

  • Authors:
  • Shuhuai Ren;Jialin Cao

  • Affiliations:
  • Shanghai University Library, Shanghai, China;Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

  • Venue:
  • ICWL'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on New horizons in web-based learning
  • Year:
  • 2010

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Virtual Learning Commons (VLC) is a new web-based virtual learning environment to support learning, teaching, research and knowledge sharing by integrated digital library, e-learning system, social network, academic support tools, and so on. In this paper, a new semantic based VLC architecture is proposed, which reveals the logical relationship among the virtual environments, the functional levels, the virtual service organization, and other components. The five-layer structural model is described in detail. Finally, a prototype system of the semantics-based VLC is implemented. The case study shows that the proposed semantics-based architecture and structural model have great theoretical and practical value in guiding the construction of VLC.