Using Online Presence to Improve Online Collaborative Learning

Authors

  • Zoran Jeremic FOS-School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Nikola Milikic FOS-School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Jelena Jovanovic FOS-School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Mirjana Brkovic Technical Faculty ?a
  • Filip Radulovic Facultad de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v7iS1.1918

Keywords:

Online Presence, Personal Learning Environments, Educational Services, Ontologies

Abstract


Social software tools have become an integral part of studentsâ?? personal lives and their primary communication medium. Likewise, these tools are increasingly entering the enterprise world (within the recent trend known as Enterprise 2.0) and becoming a part of everyday work routines. Aiming to keep the pace with the job requirements and also to position learning as an integral part of studentsâ?? life, the field of education is challenged to embrace social software. Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) emerged as a concept that makes use of social software to facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing, group formation around common interests, active participation and reflective thinking in online learning settings. Furthermore, social software allows for establishing and maintaining oneâ??s presence in the online world. By being aware of a student's online presence, a PLE is better able to personalize the learning settings, e.g., through recommendation of content to use or people to collaborate with. Aiming to explore the potentials of online presence for the provision of recommendations in PLEs, in the scope of the OP4L project, we have develop a software solution that is based on a synergy of Semantic Web technologies, online presence and socially-oriented learning theories. In this paper we present the current results of this research work.

Author Biographies

Zoran Jeremic, FOS-School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Zoran Jeremi? is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Simulations and Distance learning at the Military Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. His research interests are in the areas of semantic technologies, Web technologies, software engineering, technology-enhanced learning and personalized learning.

Nikola Milikic, FOS-School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Nikola Miliki? is a Teaching Assistant at FOS - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia. His research interests are within areas of Social Web, Semantic Web and TEL.

Jelena Jovanovic, FOS-School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Jelena Jovanovi? is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Software Engineering, FOS - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Her research interests are in the areas of semantic technologies, Web technologies, technology-enhanced learning, and knowledge management.

Mirjana Brkovic, Technical Faculty ?a

Mirjana Brkovi? is an Assistant at Information Technology Department, Technical Faculty ?a?ak, University of Kragujevac. Her specialties are e-learning, Web technologies, TEL, and personalized learning.

Filip Radulovic, Facultad de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Filip Radulovi? is a PhD student at the Computer Science Faculty, Technical University of Madrid (UPM). His research is mainly focused on Semantic Web and Semantic Technology evaluations.

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Published

2012-02-15

How to Cite

Jeremic, Z., Milikic, N., Jovanovic, J., Brkovic, M., & Radulovic, F. (2012). Using Online Presence to Improve Online Collaborative Learning. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 7(S1), pp. 28–35. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v7iS1.1918