Using linked open data to improve the search of open educational resources for engineering students

Author

Piedra, N. ; Chicaiza, J. ; Lopez, J. ; Tovar, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Cienc. de la Comput., Univ. Tec. Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador

fYear

2013

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

558

Lastpage

560

Abstract

In this paper, authors apply the Linked Data Design Issues to describe and retrieve information that is semantically related to open educational resources related to the Engineering Education, that are accessible via the OCW Higher Institutions. Linked data have the potential of create bridges between OCW data silos. To assess the impact of Linked Data in OCW, the authors present an interface of faceted search for open educational content. The authors demonstrate that OCW resource metadata related to engineering open courses can be consumed and enriched using datasets hosted by the LinkedOpenData cloud.

Keywords

courseware; engineering education; meta data; public domain software; LinkedOpenData cloud; OCW data silos; OCW higher institutions; OCW resource metadata; engineering open courses; engineering students; open educational content; open educational resources; Data mining; Educational institutions; Interoperability; Licenses; Materials; Navigation; Semantic Web; Faceted Search Engine; LOCWD; Linked Data; OCW; OER; Open Educational Resources; OpenCourseWare; Serendipity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Oklahoma City, OK

ISSN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2013.6684885

Filename

6684885