PKS: An Ontology-Based Learning Construct for Lifelong Learners

Autor/inn/en	Manganello, Flavio; Falsetti, Carla; Spalazzi. Luca; Leo, Tommaso
Titel	PKS: An Ontology-Based Learning Construct for Lifelong Learners
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 16 (2013) 1, S.104-117 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Adults; Adult Students; Lifelong Learning; Adult Education; Andragogy; Comparative Analysis; Interpersonal Relationship; Cognitive Style; Informal Education; Social Networks; Web 2.0 Technologies; Information Management; Information Science; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Andragogics; Andragogik; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Informationswissenschaft; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	This paper addresses adult lifelong learners, i.e., persons interested in learning or compelled to learn during their working life but not able to, or not interested in participating in formal learning. These learners are motivated and self-aware enough to self-direct their learning, are presumed to be novices with respect to the needed knowledge and have a limited technological uptake. This paper will outline their main differences from regular learners, in particular, for the use of social media to improve learning skills. The reference pedagogical model is andragogy. A Service-Oriented Architecture, named Personal Knowledge Space (PKS), is proposed to support our lifelong learners in selecting, organizing, and retrieving information; in streamlining interaction processes among learners, services and resources and finally in empowering control and trust of personal relationships born during the learning processes. The PKS is mainly based on the exploitation of semantic tools (ontologies) and web services. Use cases describing the PKS architecture and one scenario of PKS use are presented. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10