Information Society Technologies

The system uses advanced technologies, like metadata and ontologies, for information management. Metadata is ‘information about information’, a means of archiving Web languages, while ontologies are the formal specifications of a system. Combining the two allows a computer to match up course materials with a topic.

Diogene also deployed ‘fuzzy’ learner modelling, which like fuzzy logic accounts for uncertainty, and leads to intelligent course tailoring, which ensures students do not learn from content that is too simple or too difficult for them. The system also includes cooperative and online training support, so students can interact with each other and with mentors.

Diogene includes innovative features like dynamic learning strategies and semantic Web openness. The first means that teaching adapts to the student’s progress, while the semantic Web gives data a label that can be understood by machines.

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