An evaluation of pedagogically informed parameterised questions for self assessment (2008)
Sitthisak, Onjira, Gilbert, Lester, Davis, Hugh
Self-assessment is a crucial component of learning. Learners can learn by asking themselves questions and attempting to answer them. However, creating effective questions is time-consuming because it...
Academic Administration and Management Scenarios on the Semantic Web (2008)
Tao, Feng (Barry), Khoja, Shakeel, Gravell, Andy, Davis, Hugh
This paper describes scenarios developed as part of the Ed-Scene project which aims to provide intelligent services to the academic stakeholders (teachers, students, administrators, employers) by...
Academic Administration and Management Scenarios on the Semantic Web (2008)
Tao, Feng (Barry), Khoja, Shakeel, Davis, Hugh, Gravell, Andy
This paper describes scenarios developed as part of the Ed-Scene project which aims to provide intelligent services to the academic stakeholders (teachers, students, administrators, employers) by...
A Framework for Semantic Group Formation (2008)
Ounnas, Asma, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David
Collaboration has long been considered an effective approach to learning. However, forming optimal groups can be a time consuming and complex task. Different approaches have been developed to assist...
A Framework for Semantic Group Formation (2008)
Ounnas, Asma, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David
Collaboration has long been considered an effective approach to learning. However, forming optimal groups can be a time consuming and complex task. Different approaches have been developed to assist...
CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration (2008)
Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
Effective collaborative authoring techniques require tools that consider the social aspects of collaboration in addition to the technical aspects. Collaborative authoring is fundamentally different...
CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration (2008)
Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
Effective collaborative authoring techniques require tools that consider the social aspects of collaboration in addition to the technical aspects. Collaborative authoring is fundamentally different...
DELIVERY OF QTIv2 QUESTION TYPES (2008)
Wills, Gary, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Hare, Jonathon, Howard, Yvonne, Jeyes, Steve, ...
The IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) standard identifies sixteen different question types which may be used in on-line assessment. While some partial implementations exist, the R2Q2...
An E-Learning Framework for Assessment (FREMA) (2008)
Wills, Gary, Bailey , Christopher, Davis , Hugh, Gilbert , Lester, Howard , Yvonne, Jeyes, Steve, ...
This paper reports on the FREMA (e-Framework Reference Model for Assessment) project that aimed at creating a Reference Model for the Assessment Domain; a guide to what resources (standards,...
Semantics on Demand: Can a Semantic Wiki Replace a Knowledge Base? (2008)
Millard, David, Bailey, Christopher, Boulain, Philip, Chennupati, Swapna, Howard, Yvonne, Davis, Hugh, ...
In the same way that Wikis have become the mechanism that has enabled groups of users to collaborate on the production of hypertexts on the web, Semantic Wikis promise a future of collaboration on...
eMM Benchmarking at Southampton:the carpet, observations and reflections (2008)
The University of Southampton was one of a group of UK universities to benchmark e-learning in 2007. We used the eLearning Maturity Model (eMM) developed by Marshall at the University of Victoria,...
EdShare: towards sharing resources for learning and teaching at the University of Southampton (2008)
Morris, Debra, Hey, Jessie, Davis, Hugh, White, Su, Carr, Les, Miles-Board, Timothy, ...
At the University of Southampton, in the UK, we have been developing the Research Repository (e-Prints Soton) since 2005, to showcase the research output and make it more accessible. As a significant...
EdShare: towards sharing resources for learning and teaching at the University of Southampton (2008)
Morris, Debra, Hey, Jessie, Davis, Hugh, White, Su, Carr, Les, Miles-Board, Timothy, ...
At the University of Southampton, in the UK, we have been developing the Research Repository (e-Prints Soton) since 2005, to showcase the research output and make it more accessible. As a significant...
TRANSFORMING A COMPETENCY MODEL TO ASSESSMENT ITEMS (2008)
Sitthisak, Onjira, Gilbert, Lester, Davis, Hugh
The problem of comparing and matching different learners’ knowledge arises when assessment systems use a one-dimensional numerical value to represent “knowledge level”. Such assessment systems...
TRANSFORMING A COMPETENCY MODEL TO ASSESSMENT ITEMS (2008)
Sitthisak, Onjira, Gilbert, Lester, Davis, Hugh
The problem of comparing and matching different learners’ knowledge arises when assessment systems use a one-dimensional numerical value to represent “knowledge level”. Such assessment systems...
Deriving e-assessment from a competency model (2008)
Sitthisak, Onjira, Gilbert, Lester, Davis, Hugh
Self-assessment is a crucial component of learning.Creating effective questions is time-consuming, however, because it may require considerable resources and the skill of critical thinking. Questions...
Deriving e-assessment from a competency model (2008)
Sitthisak, Onjira, Gilbert, Lester, Davis, Hugh
Self-assessment is a crucial component of learning.Creating effective questions is time-consuming, however, because it may require considerable resources and the skill of critical thinking. Questions...
(Semantic Web) Services for e-Learning (2008)
Millard, David, Doody, Karl, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Tao, Feng, ...
Service-Oriented Architectures are becoming a popular system paradigm in e-learning, and there are several efforts to create community driven service frameworks. In this paper, we argue that these...
(Semantic Web) Services for e-Learning (2008)
Millard, David, Doody, Karl, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Tao, Feng, ...
Service-Oriented Architectures are becoming a popular system paradigm in e-learning, and there are several efforts to create community driven service frameworks. In this paper, we argue that these...
Moving towards life-long User Modeling (2008)
Kyriacou E, Demetris, Davis, Hugh
User Modeling is the core component for the majority of personalization services. It has become an important factor in the effort to personalise a diversity of web resources according to users’...
CAWS: Visualizing awareness to improve the effectiveness of co-authoring activities (2008)
Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
Knowledge of the actions of other users is essential to the design of an effective collaborative authoring system. The reasons for this are rooted in the concept of awareness of individual and group...
Millard, David, Howard, Yvonne, Abbas, Noura, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Wills, Gary, ...
Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) are increasingly deployed to achieve distributed systems that are modular, flexible and extensible. Designing for a SOA can be difficult, however. There are...
Millard, David, Howard, Yvonne, Abbas, Noura, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Wills, Gary, ...
Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) are increasingly deployed to achieve distributed systems that are modular, flexible and extensible. Designing for a SOA can be difficult, however. There are...
AnnAnn and AnnAnn.Net : Tools for Teaching Programming (2007)
Hooper, Clare, Carr, Leslie, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, White, Su, Wills, Gary
It is difficult for a student to learn about programs and to understand the rational that went into the development of the parts that led to the whole. Tools for explaining this essentially dynamic...
AnnAnn and AnnAnn.Net : Tools for Teaching Programming (2007)
Hooper, Clare, Carr, Leslie, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, White, Su, Wills, Gary
It is difficult for a student to learn about programs and to understand the rational that went into the development of the parts that led to the whole. Tools for explaining this essentially dynamic...
Wang, Chu, Davis, Hugh, Dickens, Kate, Wills, Gary, White, Su
In this paper we present a new approach to enabling pedagogically sound reuse and re-purposing of online learning objects in a community of practice. The lack of specific software for non-technical...
Knowledge based Learning Experience Management on the Semantic Web (2007)
Tao, Feng, Millard, Dave, Zalfan, Mohd, Chen, Liming, Davis, Hugh
Learners engaged in informal learning tasks often find sharing their learning experience to be helpful. Informally, a learning experience describes what a learner has done, with what learning...
Delivery of QTIv2 Question Types (2007)
Wills, Gary, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Hare, Jonathon, Howard, Yvonne, Jeyes, Steve, ...
The QTI standard identifies sixteen different question types which may be used in on-line assessment. While some partial implementations exist, the R2Q2 project has developed a complete solution that...
AN E-LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT (FREMA) (2007)
Wills, Gary, Bailey, Christopher, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Jeyes, Steve, ...
The paper reports on the FREMA (Framework Reference Model for Assessment) project that aims at creating a Reference Model for the Assessment Domain and delivering it via a heavily interlinked Web...
Community Tools for Repurposing Learning Objects (2007)
Wang, Chu, Dickens, Kate, Davis, Hugh, Wills, Gary
A critical success factor for the reuse of learning objects is the ease by which they may be repurposed in order to enable reusability in a different teaching context from which they were originally...
Knowledge based Learning Experience Management on the Semantic Web (2007)
Tao, Feng, Millard, Dave, Zalfan, Mohd, Chen, Liming, Davis, Hugh
Learners engaged in informal learning tasks often find sharing their learning experience to be helpful. Informally, a learning experience describes what a learner has done, with what learning...
Wang, Chu, Davis, Hugh, Dickens, Kate, Wills, Gary, White, Su
In this paper we present a new approach to enabling pedagogically sound reuse and re-purposing of online learning objects in a community of practice. The lack of specific software for non-technical...
Knowledge based Learning Experience Management on the Semantic Web (2007)
Tao, Feng, Millard, Dave, Zalfan, Mohd, Chen, Liming, Davis, Hugh
Learners engaged in informal learning tasks often find sharing their learning experience to be helpful. Informally, a learning experience describes what a learner has done, with what learning...
Delivery of QTIv2 Question Types (2007)
Wills, Gary, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Hare, Jonathon, Howard, Yvonne, Jeyes, Steve, ...
The QTI standard identifies sixteen different question types which may be used in on-line assessment. While some partial implementations exist, the R2Q2 project has developed a complete solution that...
AN E-LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT (FREMA) (2007)
Wills, Gary, Bailey, Christopher, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Jeyes, Steve, ...
The paper reports on the FREMA (Framework Reference Model for Assessment) project that aims at creating a Reference Model for the Assessment Domain and delivering it via a heavily interlinked Web...
Community Tools for Repurposing Learning Objects (2007)
Wang, Chu, Dickens, Kate, Davis, Hugh, Wills, Gary
A critical success factor for the reuse of learning objects is the ease by which they may be repurposed in order to enable reusability in a different teaching context from which they were originally...
Knowledge based Learning Experience Management on the Semantic Web (2007)
Tao, Feng, Millard, Dave, Zalfan, Mohd, Chen, Liming, Davis, Hugh
Learners engaged in informal learning tasks often find sharing their learning experience to be helpful. Informally, a learning experience describes what a learner has done, with what learning...
A Metrics Framework for Evaluating Group Formation (2007)
Ounnas, Asma, Millard, David, Davis, Hugh
Many approaches to learning and teaching rely upon students working in groups. So far, many Computer-Supported Group Formation systems have been designed to facilitate the formation of optimal groups...
A Metrics Framework for Evaluating Group Formation (2007)
Ounnas, Asma, Millard, David, Davis, Hugh
Many approaches to learning and teaching rely upon students working in groups. So far, many Computer-Supported Group Formation systems have been designed to facilitate the formation of optimal groups...
Tao, Feng, Millard, David, Zalfan, Mohd, Chen, Liming, Davis, Hugh
We propose in this paper a semantic web driven learning management architecture that supports collaborative learning, i.e., learning by reusing, sharing experience and building knowledge together...
Tao, Feng, Millard, David, Zalfan, Mohd, Chen, Liming, Davis, Hugh
We propose in this paper a semantic web driven learning management architecture that supports collaborative learning, i.e., learning by reusing, sharing experience and building knowledge together...
The Knowledge Life Cycle for e-learning (2006)
Millard, David, Tao, Feng, Doody, Karl, Woukeu, Arouna, Davis, Hugh
In this paper, we examine the semantic aspects of e-learning from both pedagogical and technological points of view. We suggest that if semantics are to fulfil their potential in the learning domain...
R2Q2: Rendering and Reponses Processing for QTIv2 Question Types (2006)
Wills, Gary, Davis, Hugh, Chennupati, Swapna, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Jam, Ehtesham-Rasheed, ...
IMS QTI is a popular and important standard for e-learning assessment. The second version of the standard (QTIv2) works alongside other IMS standards, but take-up has been slow, with problematic...
The e-Learning Assessment Landscape (2006)
Millard, David, Bailey, Christopher, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Wills, Gary
Assessment is one of the more established areas of e-learning. However, it cannot be described as mature due to the disparate nature of the tools and standards available. As part of our efforts...
Design Patterns for Wrapping Similar Legacy Systems with Common Service Interfaces (2006)
Millard, David, Howard, Yvonne, Chennupati, Swapna, Davis, Hugh, Jam, Ehtesham-Rasheed, Gilbert, Lester, ...
Web Services are increasingly being used to create a wide range of distributed systems, many of which involve legacy software. Developing service interfaces for these legacy systems can be difficult,...
The Knowledge Life Cycle for e-learning (2006)
Millard, David, Tao, Feng, Doody, Karl, Woukeu, Arouna, Davis, Hugh
In this paper, we examine the semantic aspects of e-learning from both pedagogical and technological points of view. We suggest that if semantics are to fulfil their potential in the learning domain...
R2Q2: Rendering and Reponses Processing for QTIv2 Question Types (2006)
Wills, Gary, Davis, Hugh, Chennupati, Swapna, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Jam, Ehtesham-Rasheed, ...
IMS QTI is a popular and important standard for e-learning assessment. The second version of the standard (QTIv2) works alongside other IMS standards, but take-up has been slow, with problematic...
The e-Learning Assessment Landscape (2006)
Millard, David, Bailey, Christopher, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Howard, Yvonne, Wills, Gary
Assessment is one of the more established areas of e-learning. However, it cannot be described as mature due to the disparate nature of the tools and standards available. As part of our efforts...
Design Patterns for Wrapping Similar Legacy Systems with Common Service Interfaces (2006)
Millard, David, Howard, Yvonne, Chennupati, Swapna, Davis, Hugh, Jam, Ehtesham-Rasheed, Gilbert, Lester, ...
Web Services are increasingly being used to create a wide range of distributed systems, many of which involve legacy software. Developing service interfaces for these legacy systems can be difficult,...
(Semantic Web) Services for e-Learning (2006)
Millard, David, Doody, Karl, Davis, Hugh, Howard, Yvonne, Gilbert, Lester, Tao, Feng, ...
Service-Oriented Architectures are becoming a popular system paradigm in e-learning, and there are several efforts to create community driven service frameworks. In this paper, we argue that these...
(Semantic Web) Services for e-Learning (2006)
Millard, David, Doody, Karl, Davis, Hugh, Howard, Yvonne, Gilbert, Lester, Tao, Feng, ...
Service-Oriented Architectures are becoming a popular system paradigm in e-learning, and there are several efforts to create community driven service frameworks. In this paper, we argue that these...
Tao, Feng, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, Woukeu, Arouna
The aim of bringing semantics to learning content and services is to enable large scale collaboration of e-learning activities over the Grid infrastructure. As machines and software applications will...
Managing the Semantic Aspects of Learning using the Knowledge Life Cycle (2005)
Tao, Feng (Barry), Millard, David, Davis, Hugh, Woukeu, Arouna
In this paper we examine the semantic aspects of learning from both pedegogical and technological points of view. We suggest that if semantics are to fullfil their potential in the learning domain...
Experiences with Writing Grid Clients for Mobile devices (2005)
Millard, David, Woukeu, Arouna, Tao, Feng (Barry), Davis, Hugh
This paper describes our attempts to write GRID clients for Mobile Devices, such as a PDA, which have restrictive computational and storage facilities. Our experiences are based on an implementation...
Semantic Grid based e-Learning using the Knowledge Life Cycle (2005)
Tao, Feng, Millard, David, Davis, Hugh
In this paper we suggest that if semantics are to fullfil their potential in the learning domain then a paradigm shift in perspective is necessry from information based content delivery to knowledge...
The Potential of Grid for Mobile e-Learning (2005)
Millard, David, Woukeu, Arouna, Tao, Feng (Barry), Davis, Hugh
In this paper we present the potential advantages of using the Grid for mobile e-learning, describe our experiences with implementing a mobile e-learning Grid client using current Grid technologies...
Mapping the e-Learning Assessment Domain: Concept Maps for Orientation and Navigation (2005)
Millard, David, Howard, Yvonne, Bailey, Christopher, Davis, Hugh, Gilbert, Lester, Jeyes, Steve, ...
Concept or Topic Maps have long been used as a method of categorizing and organizing information about a domain. Building them can help people conceptualize an area and spot trends or gaps, and as a...
ARACORE: AN ARABIC LEARNING OBJECT METADATA FOR INDEXING LEARNING RESOURCES (2005)
In the era of information systems globalization the need to have educational metadata to index and describe digital learning resources for easy searching, retrieving and reusing them quickly and...
Tao, Feng, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, Woukeu, Arouna
The aim of bringing semantics to learning content and services is to enable large scale collaboration of e-learning activities over the Grid infrastructure. As machines and software applications will...
Managing the Semantic Aspects of Learning using the Knowledge Life Cycle (2005)
Tao, Feng (Barry), Millard, David, Davis, Hugh, Woukeu, Arouna
In this paper we examine the semantic aspects of learning from both pedegogical and technological points of view. We suggest that if semantics are to fullfil their potential in the learning domain...
Experiences with Writing Grid Clients for Mobile devices (2005)
Millard, David, Woukeu, Arouna, Tao, Feng (Barry), Davis, Hugh
This paper describes our attempts to write GRID clients for Mobile Devices, such as a PDA, which have restrictive computational and storage facilities. Our experiences are based on an implementation...
Semantic Grid based e-Learning using the Knowledge Life Cycle (2005)
Tao, Feng, Millard, David, Davis, Hugh
In this paper we suggest that if semantics are to fullfil their potential in the learning domain then a paradigm shift in perspective is necessry from information based content delivery to knowledge...
The Potential of Grid for Mobile e-Learning (2005)
Millard, David, Woukeu, Arouna, Tao, Feng (Barry), Davis, Hugh
In this paper we present the potential advantages of using the Grid for mobile e-learning, describe our experiences with implementing a mobile e-learning Grid client using current Grid technologies...