Activities and Trends Analytics in a Widget based PLE using Semantic Technologies

Selver Softic, Behnam Taraghi, Laurens De Vocht

2013

Abstract

We report about work in progress on tracking the activities and trends of users from logs in a widget based Personal Learning Environment (PLE) using semantic technologies and standards for retrieval. As input for the observations, we are using the data from our self developed PLE with around 4000 active users. Last two years we logged their activities and modeled them with RDF (Resource Description Framework) as base for improvement analysis of existing system. The main objective of this work is to outline how learning environments like PLE can benefit from Semantic Web and its contribution for such efforts like analytics, profiling, recommendations and usability.

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Softic S., Taraghi B. and De Vocht L. (2013). Activities and Trends Analytics in a Widget based PLE using Semantic Technologies . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-53-2, pages 199-203. DOI: 10.5220/0004414701990203


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@conference{csedu13,
author={Selver Softic and Behnam Taraghi and Laurens De Vocht},
title={Activities and Trends Analytics in a Widget based PLE using Semantic Technologies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2013},
pages={199-203},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004414701990203},
isbn={978-989-8565-53-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Activities and Trends Analytics in a Widget based PLE using Semantic Technologies
SN - 978-989-8565-53-2
AU - Softic S.
AU - Taraghi B.
AU - De Vocht L.
PY - 2013
SP - 199
EP - 203
DO - 10.5220/0004414701990203