ECL Projects S. Stojanov ECL, University of Plovdiv

Computer Based Training eLearningSemantic Web Time/place/content predeterminated learning Just-in-time/at-work-place/ customized/on-demand process of learning Ontology-based annotation of learning materials, common-shared-meaning, machine-processable metadata “Through the Internet, education will become learner- and goal-oriented rather than faculty-centered” Lesser, Klein, MIT CBT & eLearning

Projects‘ overview eLSE COMMERCE eLPortal CBRFrameworkeSArchitecture BULCHINOTestPortal DeLC

Confirmations eSArchitecture – Research fund 2004 eLPortal – Research fund 2005 CBRFramework – Research fund 2005 BULCHINO – Research fund 2005 DeLC – Fund “Stimulation of research activities in the Bulgarian universities” COMMERCE - Fund “Stimulation of research activities in the Bulgarian universities” eLSE - Fund “Stimulation of research activities in the Bulgarian universities” TestPortal - Fund “Information Society”

Projects‘ relationships DeLC eLSE eLPortal CBRFramework BULCHINO TestPortal COMMERCE eSArchitecture

Projects‘ relationships Infrastructure Architecture Content eLSE eLPortal CBRFramework BULCHINO TestPortal COMMERCE eSArchitecture DeLC

Establishment of eLearning Center (DeLC) Main objectives: Transformation of the ECL to Distributed eLearning Center (DeLC) Creation of organizational and technological infrastructure of the center Activities Upgrade and extension of the actual hardware configuration Development of the first object-component client/server version of the infrastructure (COMMERCE) Re-engineering of the object-component oriented version to agent-based version (eSArchitecture)

5 Models Infrastructural model eServices model eLearning node model Cluster model Extended eLearning node model (University of Limerick) – 3-layered architecture: InfoStationCenter InfoStations Mobile Devices

Customer-oriented model and architecture for mobile eLearning services (COMMERCE) Main objectives: Improving student access to on-line educational resources through advanced wireless systems “anytime, anyplace, anyhow” access to the desirable eLearning content independently of time, place and pace Base for m-Learning – EU FP5 ANWIRE Project Activities Development of a model and system architecture for the provision of mobile services within a University campus Access virtually from any device (both stationary or mobile) currently in user’s possession

E-Services based architectures Main objectives: Multi-layered e-services based architectures Agent/e-service communication DAML-S (OWL-S) protocol Semantic Web Activities Prototype applications:  eLearning  BULCHINO

CBR Platform for Management of Knowledge Based on Ontologies Main objective: Development of a flexible and extendible CBR-based platform for knowledge management and knowledge processing Activities UML modeling of an architectural framework Implementation of the framework Development of an intelligent e-service Prototype applications:  eLearning  tourism

Intelligent Web-based Catalogue for the Bulgarian Cultural Heritage (BULCHINO) Main objectives: E-services oriented infrastructure Modeling of the e-content, compliant with the arising standard for electronic presentation of cultural objects (CCO) Activities Prototype applications:  eLearning  eCommerce Intuitive and user-friendly interface

CCO Record Example [for a monastery complex in Bulgaria] Rila Monastery  Cloisters  Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin  Dome  Façade  Tower of Hrelio  ……

Intelligent eLearning Portal fir the Secondary School in Bulgaria (eLPortal) Main objectives: 9-layered portal architecture SCORM-compliant eLearning content and services Education clusters (DeLC) Activities Prototype applications:  3 eLearning Nodes  1 eLearning Cluster eLearning packages

eLearning Infrastructure and e-content for Software Engineering Education (eLSE) Main objectives: A system infrastructure for eLearning and distance learning in software engineering Methodology for creation of e-content in SE – best practices SCORM-compliant e-content Integration of eLSE in DeLC infrastructure

Intelligent Portal for Education Main objectives - specialization of the eLPortal for the Bulgarian language education. The following modules will be integrated: Automatic spelling checking module Thesaurus (synonym suggestion) module Text categorization module Automated question answering module Test collection for Bulgarian grammar

Expected outcomes Publications (with contract citation) Important for the annual reports in the Ministry of education Models, tools, … Prototypes

HR Staff PhD Students Undergraduate Students (final year projects) External consultants

Finance breakdown (first year) 50 % - HW 30 % - Publications, Conferences, Workshops 10 % - SW, Literature, … 10 % - University of Plovdiv