Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?

Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?

Abstract: I have come to the conclusion that no form of technology is likely to have much of an impact on our education system - at least not for a long time. Schools, colleges and training departments have a great deal of inertia and self-interest in preserving the status quo of classroom instructi...

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Main Author: Greg Kearsley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2004-05-01
Series:Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Subjects:
semantic web, metadata description
metadata
modelling
concepts of learning
semantics
educational Semantic Web
Online Access:https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/86
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spelling doaj-8e4a2ea6fbeb475b8b5aa49d90bfe7542020-11-24T21:33:58ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Interactive Media in Education1365-893X2004-05-012004110.5334/2004-3-kearsley129Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?Greg Kearsley0Online Learning ConsultantAbstract: I have come to the conclusion that no form of technology is likely to have much of an impact on our education system - at least not for a long time. Schools, colleges and training departments have a great deal of inertia and self-interest in preserving the status quo of classroom instruction... So while there is nothing technically wrong with the ideas of Clark, Parsia and Hendler for development of a semantic web, especially RDF and OWL, I don't see it having any near-term effect on educational practice. And I certainly don't think it likely that many educators will turn into "hyperk rep hackers".Paper: <a class="rev paper" href="/2004/3/clark">Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?</a>. Editors: Terry Anderson and Denise Whitelock.https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/86semantic web, metadata descriptionmetadatamodellingconcepts of learningsemanticseducational Semantic Web
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Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?
Journal of Interactive Media in Education
semantic web, metadata description
metadata
modelling
concepts of learning
semantics
educational Semantic Web
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title Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?
title_short Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?
title_full Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?
title_fullStr Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?
title_full_unstemmed Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?
title_sort commentary on: clark, k., parsia, b. and hendler, j. (2004) will the semantic web change education?
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Journal of Interactive Media in Education
issn 1365-893X
publishDate 2004-05-01
description Abstract: I have come to the conclusion that no form of technology is likely to have much of an impact on our education system - at least not for a long time. Schools, colleges and training departments have a great deal of inertia and self-interest in preserving the status quo of classroom instruction... So while there is nothing technically wrong with the ideas of Clark, Parsia and Hendler for development of a semantic web, especially RDF and OWL, I don't see it having any near-term effect on educational practice. And I certainly don't think it likely that many educators will turn into "hyperk rep hackers".Paper: <a class="rev paper" href="/2004/3/clark">Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?</a>. Editors: Terry Anderson and Denise Whitelock.
topic semantic web, metadata description
metadata
modelling
concepts of learning
semantics
educational Semantic Web
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