Section 1.3: Learning and Linguistic
Support
Customisable Resource Discovery Services
W. Donnelly, Y. Nicol
Learning on Process Knowledge: A Technological
and Methodological Proposition
K. Samiotis, A. Poulymenakou, P. Zaharias
The Fraunhofer Knowledge Network (FKN)
for Training in Microelectronics Applications
A. Sauer, G. Elst, W. John
The KOD (Knowledge on Demand) Packaging
Toolkit: An XML Adaptive Learning Content Management System
F. Cardinali, G. Da Bormida, R. Vaccaro, F. Grosso, D. Sampson
New Opportunities for Language Technology
in Multilingual eMarkets
H. Fersøe and A. Joscelyne
Trading Cultural Heritage Digital Objects
On-line
T. Arcarese, V. Cappellini, F. Cervelli and R. Gagliardi
Customisable
Resource Discovery Services
Willie DONNELLY and Yves NICOL
Telecommunications Software Systems Group, Waterford Institute
of Technology, Cork Road, Waterford, Ireland
The advancement of the Internet
as a primary source of both business and educational information
is limited by the inefficiencies of present day search engines.
In many cases the match between the user requirements and the
Internet search results are limited is extremely poor. This paper
presents a customisable resource discovery service, based on
technologies such as CORBA and XML. The Resource Discovery Service
(RDS) can improve the current search engines and offer better-
search accuracy for the users by using their profile information.
The Resource Discovery Service implementation was started within
the context of a European funded project GESTALT (Getting Education
Systems Talk Across Leading Edge Technologies) whose objective
was to develop a distributed distance learning system. The major
requirement in developing a customisable RDS was the definition
of a profile management service and an educational search service.
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Learning
on Process Knowledge: A Technological and Methodological Proposition
Kostas SAMIOTIS, Angeliki POULYMENAKOU and Panagiotis ZAHARIAS
Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Information
Systems
76, Patission Str., Athens 10434, GREECE
The issue of managing individual
and organisational knowledge, as a source of sustainable competitive
advantage, seems to occupy a great deal of attention in the contemporary
business world mainly from a technological point of view. The
paper proposition draws upon the need of the management of knowledge,
not only in technological but also methodological terms, and
presents an innovative learning platform for use in highly knowledge-intensive
working environments. The main innovative element of this platform
is the convergence of notions coming both from knowledge management
and learning domain under the spectrum of the organisational
working practices, as they are manifested through business processes.
We espoused the "Case Study" learning concept as an
efficient way to encapsulate and transfer tacit and explicit
knowledge anchored on business processes. The paper discusses
the main theoretical issues and outlines in high level the tool-set's
and methodology's orientation.
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The
Fraunhofer Knowledge Network (FKN) for Training in Microelectronics
Applications
Anton SAUER(1), Gunter ELST(1)' and Werner JOHN(2)
(1) Fraunhofer Institut IIS/EAS, Zeunerstr. 38, D - 01069 Dresden
(2) Fraunhofer Insfitut IZM, Technologiepark 34, D - 33100 Paderborn
The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
in Germany has started the project FKN which aims to reduce the
shortage of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)
skills by implementing research training in leading educational
centres under the guidance of industry in critical disciplines
of microelectronics design and test, e.g. design under electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) constraints. Training material for this important
design area will be prepared and integrated in a Web-based training
platform which is specified, developed and filled with content
following the educational and industrial needs. The paper describes
the complete training system and practical experiences in preparing
the learning material and in
using this web-based approach. With the already achieved positive
results Fraunhofer plans to extend the Knowledge Network into
other domains.
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The
KOD (Knowledge on Demand) Packaging Toolkit: An XML Adaptive
Learning Content Management System
Fabrizio CARDINALI(1), Giorgio DA BORMIDA(1), Roberto VACCARO(1),
Fabrizio GROSSO(1) and Demetrios SAMPSON(2)
(1) GIUNTI Interactive Labs (Giunti Publishing Group), Via al
Ponte Calvi 3/15, 16124 Genoa, Italy
(2) Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI), Centre for Research
and Technology - Hellas (CERTH), 1 Kyvernidou Str., Thessaloniki,
GR-54639 Greece
Abstract. This paper addresses
the authoring, packaging and multi-format delivery of learning
content objects for their shareable and reusable circulation
within the information society. It presents the first achievements
of the KOD project (Knowledge on Demand, IST project IST-1999-12503)
addressing the design, development and testing of a three level
architecture dedicated to content publishers, inter-mediators
and users. The project will empower both the downstream content
control flow from publishers to users, where more efficient content
structuring and interoperability is requested and the upstream
flow from users to publishers, where increased levels of content
tailor-ability and accessibility is requested, One of the first
results of the project is the KOD Packager, designed and developed
by Interactive Labs (e-learning company of Giunti Publishing
Group), enabling instructional designers to organise and pack
learning resources, either traditional and adaptive for multi-format
delivery both implementing up to date achievements from international
e-learning standardisation forums and private initiatives and
proposing schema extensions to better support adaptive content
for wider uptake and integration into the market place.
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New
Opportunities for Language Technology in Multilingual eMarkets
Hanne FERSOE(1) and Andrew JOSCELYNE(2)
(1) Centre for Sprogteknologi, Njalsgade SO, 2300 Kobenhavn S,
Denmark
(2) Bootstrap S.A.R.L., 21 rue de Turbigo, F-75002 Paris, France
This paper demonstrates ways
in which Human Language Technology (HLT) can play a vital role
in enabling the emerging eBusiness market. Based on forecasts,
the introduction claims that technologies that enable 'radical'
multilingual support will form a crucial competitive response
to the next generation of eBusiness websites. The following sections
of the paper show HLT in action in a commercially-oriented, applied
research context and in existing eBusiness applications. A showcase
for a major on-going project to integrate multilingual knowledge
processing technologies into a comprehensive market platform
is also offered. The business benefits to be gained from these
technologies are introduced in the next section, and the paper
concludes that it will be very much in the interests of European
business competitiveness to ensure that a significant portion
of any eBusiness technology portfolio factors in multilingual
HLT as baseline contribution to business survival.
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Trading
Cultural Heritage Digital Objects On-line
Tiziana Arcarese(1), Vito Cappellini(2), Federico Cervelli(1),
Roberto Gagliardi(1)
(1) META Centre, Consorzio Pisa Ricerche, C.so Italia 116, 5612.5
Pisa - ITALY
(2) Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, University
of Firenze
Via S. Marta 3, 50139 Firenze -ITALY
This paper analyses how the
results from recent research activities in the field of digital
object transfer can be deployed with the aim of enhancing the
online marketing of tradable multimedia related to cultural heritage.
This objective can be achieved only if a technological framework
integrating the most advanced solutions in the field of Electronic
IPR (Intellectual Property Right) treatment, Digital signature
and Multimedia Networking is demonstrated to be feasible, applicable
and reliable both from the technical and Corn the legal and commercial
point of view. A thorough assessment of such integrated solutions,
together with the evaluation of the business impact in the different
scenarios, will constitute the benchmark upon which to build
a common consensus as well as to generate trust and confidence
for the users, thus fostering the penetration of methodologies
and technologies towards cultural institutions, governments and
consumers with the ultimate aim of creating a critical mass of
buyers and sellers of cultural digital objects.
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