ECL Projects

S. StojanovECL, University of Plovdiv

Computer Based Training

eLearning

Semantic Web

Time/place/content predeterminated learning

Just-in-time/at-work-place/ customized/on-demand process of learning

Ontology-based annotation of learning materials, common-shared-meaning, machine-processable metadata

“Through the Internet, education will become learner- and goal-oriented rather than faculty-centered”

Lesser, Klein, MIT

CBT & eLearning

Projects‘ overview

eLSE

COMMERCE

eLPortal

CBRFrameworkeSArchitecture

BULCHINO TestPortal

DeLC

Confirmations

eSArchitecture – Research fund 2004 eLPortal – Research fund 2005 CBRFramework – Research fund 2005 BULCHINO – Research fund 2005 DeLC – Fund “Stimulation of research activities in the Bulgarian

universities” COMMERCE - Fund “Stimulation of research activities in the

Bulgarian universities” eLSE - Fund “Stimulation of research activities in the Bulgarian

universities” TestPortal - Fund “Information Society”

Projects‘ relationships

DeLCeLSE

eLPortalCBRFramework

BULCHINOTestPortal

COMMERCE

eSArchitecture

Projects‘ relationships

Infrastructure

Architecture

Content

eLSE

eLPortal

CBRFramework

BULCHINO

TestPortal

COMMERCE

eSArchitectureDeLC

Establishment of eLearning Center (DeLC)

Main objectives: Transformation of the ECL to Distributed eLearning Center

(DeLC) Creation of organizational and technological infrastructure of

the center Activities

Upgrade and extension of the actual hardware configuration Development of the first object-component client/server

version of the infrastructure (COMMERCE) Re-engineering of the object-component oriented version to

agent-based version (eSArchitecture)

5 Models

Infrastructural model eServices model eLearning node model Cluster model Extended eLearning node model (University of

Limerick) – 3-layered architecture: InfoStationCenter InfoStations Mobile Devices

Customer-oriented model and architecture for mobile eLearning services (COMMERCE)

Main objectives: Improving student access to on-line educational

resources through advanced wireless systems “anytime, anyplace, anyhow” access to the desirable

eLearning content independently of time, place and pace

Base for m-Learning – EU FP5 ANWIRE Project Activities

Development of a model and system architecture for the provision of mobile services within a University campus

Access virtually from any device (both stationary or mobile) currently in user’s possession

E-Services based architectures

Main objectives: Multi-layered e-services based architectures Agent/e-service communication DAML-S (OWL-S) protocol Semantic Web

Activities Prototype applications:

eLearning BULCHINO

CBR Platform for Management of Knowledge Based on Ontologies

Main objective: Development of a flexible and extendible CBR-based

platform for knowledge management and knowledge processing

Activities UML modeling of an architectural framework Implementation of the framework Development of an intelligent e-service Prototype applications:

eLearning tourism

Intelligent Web-based Catalogue for the Bulgarian Cultural Heritage (BULCHINO)

Main objectives: E-services oriented infrastructure Modeling of the e-content, compliant with the arising

standard for electronic presentation of cultural objects (CCO)

Activities Prototype applications:

eLearning eCommerce

Intuitive and user-friendly interface

CCO Record

Example [for a monastery complex in Bulgaria] Rila Monastery

Cloisters Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin

Dome Façade

Tower of Hrelio ……

Intelligent eLearning Portal fir the Secondary School in Bulgaria (eLPortal)

Main objectives: 9-layered portal architecture SCORM-compliant eLearning content and services Education clusters (DeLC)

Activities Prototype applications:

3 eLearning Nodes 1 eLearning Cluster

eLearning packages

eLearning Infrastructure and e-content for Software Engineering Education (eLSE)

Main objectives: A system infrastructure for eLearning and distance

learning in software engineering Methodology for creation of e-content in SE – best

practices SCORM-compliant e-content Integration of eLSE in DeLC infrastructure

Intelligent Portal for Education

Main objectives - specialization of the eLPortal for the Bulgarian language education. The following modules will be integrated: Automatic spelling checking module Thesaurus (synonym suggestion) module Text categorization module Automated question answering module Test collection for Bulgarian grammar

Expected outcomes

Publications (with contract citation) Important for the annual reports in the Ministry of

education Models, tools, … Prototypes

HR

Staff PhD Students Undergraduate Students (final year

projects) External consultants

Finance breakdown (first year)

50 % - HW 30 % - Publications, Conferences, Workshops 10 % - SW, Literature, … 10 % - University of Plovdiv