Intelligent Social Semantic Collaborative Filtering Tools in an E-learning Contexts

This paper presents the usage of the Semantic Digital Library platform, JeromeDL, as knowledge representation of an open-source learning objects repository at Western Kentucky University. The synergistic approach between the Semantic Digital Library and E-learning provides users (online learners) with enhanced information discovery features for learning objects (lectures). In addition, the platform serves as an environment to (a) author learning objects; (b) classify each learning object using proper taxonomy among different libraries, such as DMOZ, ACM, UDC, LOC, or DDC; (c) bookmark sharing and collaborative filtering; and (d) providing natural language query templates. In this study, we discuss our findings with respect to the usability of the platform by online users. This platform is currently running at WKU as a pilot project and has been experimented with online users.

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