A closer view of two technologies used in e-learning

  • Authors:
  • Marcos S. Pinto

  • Affiliations:
  • NYC College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of learning by knowledge construction and sharing of experience. Students are taught how to build an e-Learning system by using either an ontology or a topic map. The paper contrasts these two e-Learning technologies to analyze their impact on the development of a pedagogical content under a granular form represented by ontology of the basic concepts of communication networks. During the building of the e-Learning systems, it becomes clear that the role of the ontology is to reduce the overall complexity of the creation process by assuring the necessary comprehension of customized learning requests as well as reusability and sharing for all actors involved.