Abstract :
Recent developments and new directions in education have emphasised learners’ needs,
profile and pedagogical aspects by focusing on learner-centered approaches in educational
settings. e-Learning, on the other hand, guarantees learners the opportunity of
learning in their own way, and leads to new considerations in course design. e-Learning
is defined as the new form of learning, rather than the use of new technologies. It
requires new considerations in educational aspects and delivery methods. Personalised
technologies and new approaches such as the use of ontologies and Semantic Webs in
e-learning are some of the next challenges for both education and society in the future.
This paper provides an overview and rationale for personalised web-based learning and
personalised technologies. Also, it presents ontologies by emphasising the various
usages of this term in a variety of fields, the main ontology structures, methodologies
and design principles, and its applications in education
