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Research Summary
This page will give you a more indepth taste of
what research I am involved in. The reseach I am involved in centers
around the Software and Web Engineering Research Group. Our research
group is headed by my PhD. supervisior, Dr. Claus Pahl. Under
Dr. Pahl I have been involved in the OntoGoLe project and am currently
involved in the MIKAEL project. Both these projects have been
generously funded by Enterprise Ireland, under their commercialistion
sheme.
My PhD. is currently focused on using knowledge models to aid course creation. My research interests are quite broad and varied (see below), if you see something
that your are interested in to, why not drop me an email and discuss
it?
The MIKAEL Project (2005-2008)
Objective:The aim of this project is to design
an architecture and develop an infrastructure that supports the
knowledge-based creation and management of e-learning content. This
three-year project - starting in autumn 2005 - will continue the
work of the OntoGoLe project, broadening the focus and addressing
in particular architectural aspects.
Team Members: Dr. Claus Pahl, Mr. Edmond Holohan, Mr. Maurice O'Connor,
Mr. Declan McMullen, Mr. Wang Ming Xue and Mr. Mark Melia
Funding: Enterprise Ireland
Site: http://mikael.computing.dcu.ie
The OntoGoLe Project (2004-2005)
Objective: Ontologies can provide a knowledge
framework for courseware content. The aim of this project is the
development of a software system that allows learning content to
be created, organised, and accessed using domain-specific content
ontologies. Central aspects are adaptivity and interoperability.
Team Members: Dr. Claus Pahl, Mr. Edmond Holohan,
Mr. Declan McMullen and Mr. Mark Melia
Funding: Enterprise Ireland
PhD Research Focus
Learning Objects (LOs) are small modularised learning content that fulfil some learning need. Due to the advantages LOs offer, such as reuse, creating courses using LOs, is becoming a popular course construction methodology.
LOs together with LO sequencing logic can be packaged into courseware packages to be delivered to the learner. When creating courseware using LOs the course creator uses the description data in the LO’s metadata, together with the course construction concerns (such as the goals of the course, course pre-requisites, the domain to be taught, correct pedagogy) to decide whether to include the LO in the courseware, and if so, where to place it. Using description data can abstract the course creator’s view of the LO. This can cause a lack of understanding about the LO, particularly if the LO is complex. A lack of LO understanding can cause unsuitable LOs to be placed in courseware or suitable LOs to be put in unsuitable places. This causes pedagogical problems for the learner using the courseware.
Courseware validation validates courseware against a validation model, defined by the course creator, which specifies correct and incorrect course characteristics. Validation must be done in the context of all the courseware construction concerns. To do this we have proposed a novel information architecture which captures all the information needed for validation. Validation can then take place in the context of this information architecture. Courseware validation allows the course creator to be confident that the courseware he or she creates is pedagogically sound.
Research Interests
My research interests are in the area of Learning Technology System
design, my interests are listed below:
- Semantic Web Technologies
- Learning Object Design
- Learning System Interoperability
- Software and Process Modelling
- Model Driven Architecture
- Learning Object Repository and Design
- Learning Object Composition
- Pedagogical Design
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