Building Blocks for a Smart Space for Learning^TM

  • Authors:
  • Bernd Simon;Stefan Sobernig;Fridolin Wild;Sandra Aguirre;Stefan Brantner;Peter Dolog;Gustaf Neumann;Gernot Huber;Tomaz Klobucar;Sascha Markus;Zoltan Miklos;Wolfgang Nejdl;Daniel Olmedilla;Joaquin Salvachua;Michael Sintek;Thomas Zillinger

  • Affiliations:
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria;Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria;Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain;BearingPoint Infonova GmbH, Austria;L3S Research Center and Hanover University, Germany;Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria;Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria;Institute "Jozef Stefan", Slovenija;Information Multimedia Communication (IMC), Germany;Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria;L3S Research Center and Hanover University, Germany;L3S Research Center and Hanover University, Germany;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain;DFKI, Germany;BearingPoint Infonova GmbH, Austria

  • Venue:
  • ICALT '06 Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

This case study summarizes the demonstration of a semantic network of interoperable educational systems referred to as Smart Space for Learning^TM. We started connecting several educational nodes in projects such as Elena, Prolearn, and Icamp. Integration was achieved by using the interaction standard SQI, common schemas for querying and results presentation, and query exchange language, e.g. QEL. The paper particularly focuses on how heterogeneous nodes can be made interoperable by reusing generalizations of mediating components -building blocks for a Smart Space for Learning^TM.