LUISA Learning content management system Using Innovative Semantic web services Architecture

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LUISALearning content management system Using
Innovative Semantic web services Architecture

• Contact information
• Nuria de Lama
• nuria.delama_at_atosorigin.com
• Atos ResearchInnovation
• ATOS ORIGIN SPAIN

LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Index of Contents

• Introducing LUISA
• What is LUISA
• Who is behind LUISA
• Why LUISA
• LUISA Overview
• Outcomes
• Objectives
• Innovation and Benefits
• Architecture
• LUISA Workplan
• Components and Work Packages
• Milestones
• Deliverables

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Introducing LUISAWhat is LUISA
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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What is LUISA

• LUISA (FP6-027149) is a European Comission FP6
  funded Specific Targeted Research Project
  (STREP).
• LUISA started on March 1st, 2006 and finishes on
  June 30th, 2008.
• The overall budget is roughly 4 million euro.

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Introducing LUISAWho is behind LUISA
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Who is behind LUISA

• 7 partners from 5 European countries are
  involved in the project.
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Who is behind LUISA

• Within the 7 partners
• 5 national EU states represented (Spain, U.K.,
  France, Italy, Sweden)
• Presence of world-class expertise in all the
  major segments of the work
• Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services
• e-Learning, Learning Objects and Learning Content
  Management Systems
• Industrial exploitation.
• The composition of the Consortium guarantees
  that scientific, technological and development
  objectives of the project will be met 

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Who is behind LUISA

• The consortium includes
• 2 internationally leading groups in RTD on
  Semantic Web Services
• Open University, UK
• ATOS Origin Spain
• 2 leading groups in Semantic Web for the
  e-Learning
• University of Uppsala, Sweden
• University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
• The major european publisher of content GIUNTI,
  Italy.
• 2 users
• University Henri Poincaré, France it will
  participate in a case-study to evaluate LUISA
  tools in an academic environment testing the
  Semantic Web Services infrastructure within its
  own information global system
• EADS, France it will lead the use case study on
  applying the LUISA infrastructure within an
  industrial e-training environment to solve
  learning needs of the employees.

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Introducing LUISAWhy LUISA
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Why LUISA

• E-Learning
• Lately, the interoperability of learning
  resources across different Learning Management
  Systems (LMS) and Learning Object Repositories
  (LOR) has considerably improved, thanks to the
  notion of learning objects as digital reusable
  pieces of learning activities and contents.

Learning Activity
Learning Content
Learning Management Systems
Learning Object Repositories
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Why LUISA

• But the current approach still lacks of
  flexibility, because of
• Adaptability of course composition and limited
  re-usability of LOs across different process
  contexts
• Different metadata standards existing

Learning Activity
Learning Content
Learning Management Systems
Learning Object Repositories
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Why LUISA

• Semantic Web technology is able to provide the
  required computational semantics for the
  automation of tasks related to learning objects
  such as selection or composition
• Semantic Web enriches data structures used for
  describing web contents
• The use of Semantic Web Services enables
  mechanization in service identification,
  configuration, comparison and combination.
• Semantic Web Services have the potential to
  change our life to a much higher degree than the
  current web has already done

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Why LUISA

• But current e-Learning approach does not profit
  of semantic benefits
• LO ontologies are just translations of LO
  standards, not envisaged for automated behaviour
• LORs are not equipped with semantic
  representation
• L(C)MS are not SWS-based solutions so they are
  not able to take advantage of its technology
  pros selection, location, composition and
  negotiation of LOs.

Learning Activity
LUISA
Learning Management Systems
Learning Object Repositories
Learning Content
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Why LUISA

• LUISA is in charge of exploiting the
  advantages of a Semantic Web Service Architecture
  within the e-Learning environment
• LUISA addresses one essential problem the
  location of (the appropriate) learning resources
  for some given needs (of learners, instructors or
  groups)

SWS
E-Learning
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Why LUISA

• By means of
• The development of a reference semantic
  architecture for the major challenges in the
  search, interchange and delivery of
  learning objects in a service-oriented
  context.
• The technical description of the solution in
  terms of current SWS technology
• The provision of the ontologies, facilities and
  components required to extend and enhance
  existing learning technology systems with the
  advanced capabilities provided by computational
  semantics.

LUISA
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LUISA OverviewOutcomes
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Outcomes

• A formal framework for the discovery, selection,
  composition and negotiation of learning objects
  using a semantic service-oriented substrate
• A concrete Semantic Web Services Architecture
  realising the framework
• A learning object-oriented ontology specifically
  targeted to the delegation of tasks to software
• A new technique for the semantic, formal
  annotation of learning objects beyond the filling
  of metadata fields prescribed by standards.

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Outcomes

• Creation of relevant learning scenarios to serve
  as a blueprint for LUISA technology adoption and
  also forevaluation purposes
• Industrial Training Scenario
• Academic Learning Scenario
• The outcomes of LUISA are expected to make a
  significant contribution to the automation of
  learning technology systems beyond current
  standards, increasing the capability to locate,
  search and negotiate learning resources mediated
  by semantic tools.

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LUISA OverviewObjectives
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Objectives

• LUISA main objective
• To exploit the advantages of a Semantic Web
  Service Architecture in order to enrich and make
  more flexible the processes of specifying,
  discovering and composing learning needs in the
  context of Learning Management Systems and
  Learning Object Repositories
• The enhanced architecture will open new
  possibilities in the automation of learning
  object discovery, selection, composition and
  negotiation, within distributed service
  architectures seamlessly integrated through
  ontologies.

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Objectives

• To develop a Semantic Web Service-based
  Architecture for Learning Object Discovery,
  Selection, Negotiation and Composition.
• To develop Semantic Learning Object Annotation
  Techniques. Learning Objects can be effectively
  disseminated by Semantic Web Services, whose
  functional and non-functional characteristics
  need to be described. 
• To develop an Annotation Tool. Our approach
  requires the addition of semantics to learning
  objects metadata, and for this sake, we will
  further develop an authoring tool, extending
  current ones.

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Objectives

• Integration of the architecture into existing
  LCMS. The SWS infrastructure and the Annotation
  tool have to be seamlessly integrated into
  existing Learning Content Management Systems to
  exploit the advantages of widely spread systems
  in the e-learning community.
• Case study reports. The implementation of the
  architecture will be put into practice in
  real-world case studies (one in the Academic
  e-Learning and other in the Industrial
  e-Training), converting existing learning
  resources to the ontological representation,
  serving both as a proof of concept for the
  architecture in all of its scenarios, and also as
  a vehicle to analyze empirical usage findings in
  a real-world context.

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Objectives

• WSMO extension. From a methodological
  perspective, LUISA is also a major validation of
  the generic SWS infrastructure provided by other
  initiatives as WSMO, especially due to the fact
  that the domain of learning technology is
  especially metadata-intensive, since it aims at
  describing richer content structures and
  pedagogical properties. Some of the components to
  be developed under LUISA's performance are
• An extension of WSMO to deal with LOMR
  requirements.
• An extension of WSMO to support the process
  languages.

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LUISA OverviewInnovations and Benefits
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Innovations and Benefits

• LUISA addresses one essential problem the
  location of (the appropriate) learning resources
  for some given needs (of learners, instructors
  or groups).
• Two main approaches are available as of
  today
• Google!
• Specialized learning object repositories (LOR)
  that provide search based on specialized
  metadata.
• But
• The first one does not exploit information
  specific to learning/instruction.
• The second one does (to some extent), but without
  exploiting domain/commonsense/specialized
  knowledge

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Innovations and Benefits

• LUISA is a framework for developing specialized
  systems or brokers for other systems.
• It does not replace but extends existing
  investment
• And provides several key innovations
• Enables the expression of queries in terms of
  ontologies.
• Locates the best sources/providers for given
  queries (learning needs)
• Suggests tentative compositions based on
  learning needs
• Is able of getting back to the user for more
  relevant info
• Enables different query resolution/composition
  strategies, including educational knowledge

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Innovations and Benefits

• Shifting from manual data-oriented approach to
  automatic service-based approach
• Shifting decision about how to achieve the
  learning objective from the learning designer
  (design-time) to the SWS broker and the Service
  (run-time)
• Dynamic adaptation to actual learning context
  (known at runtime only)
• Decision based on formal semantics (not based on
  the subjective of a specific designer)
• Integration of wide variety of learning resources
  (services, content, open repositories)
• Reusability of semantic learning process models
  across different contexts, standards and
  platforms
• Higher appropriateness of the learning support to
  actual learning context
• Reduces development costs

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LUISA OverviewArchitecture
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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SWS Infrastructure Architecture
Control of Learning Design
Decomposition of Learning Goals
Negotiation of Results
LUISA LMS
eLearning Applications
Authoring Applications
Interface Layer
Annotation Interface
Learning Objective
Negotiation Layer
Process Language Layer
Composition of Results
Results Composer
Query Resolver
Transparency Layer
Selection, Orchestration, Execution of Web
Services
Semantic Web Service Layer
SWS Environment (IRS-III)
Supporting Functionalities
Service Layer
WS
WS
WS
WS
WS
Data Layer
Annotation Tool

LUISA LOMR

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Locating Innovation in the LUISA Architecture
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LUISA WorkplanComponents and Workpackages
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Components and Work Packages

• LUISA Architecture in terms of components

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Components and Work Packages

• Work Packages
• Research, Technological and Innovation
  activities
• Work package 2 SWS Infraestructure
• Work package 3 LO Annotation
• Work package 4 LOMR and LOMR Integration
  Development
• Work package 5 LCMS
• Case Studies
• Work package 6 Industrial Training Use Case
• Work package 7 Academic Learning Use Case
• Exploitation and Dissemination Activities
  Workpackage 8
• Management Workpackage 1

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Components and Work Packages

• Work Package 2 Semantic Web Service
  Infraestructure
• Objectives
• To develop the concepts that allow assimilating
  SWS to LOMR
• To extend WSMO to comprise the requirements posed
  by the description of the LOMR
• To develop a SWS infraestructure adapted for the
  discovery and execution of LOMR
• To develop a SWS annotation Tool

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Components and Work Packages

• Work Package 3 Learning Object Annotation
• Objectives
• To design annotation profiles extending the idea
  of application profiles to be used for automatic
  adaption of annotation tools. The design of
  annotation profiles will encourage
• Reuse of standards and common practices
• Semantically correct expression of annotations
• An annotation tool will be developed. It will be
  configurable via annotation profiles and can be
  integrated into LUISA-enabled LCMSs.
• An standard translator will be specified and
  implemented.

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Components and Work Packages

• Work Package 4 Learning Object Management
  Repository and Learning Object Management
  Repository Integration Development
• Objectives
• To devise a general architecture for the storage
  and retrieval of learning object metadata
  repositories containing annotations represented
  in terms of ontologies.
• To devise a technical mechanism for mapping
  existing metadata repositories into semantic
  sources, thus mediating between them and the SWS
  architecture of LUISA.
• To develop a reference implementation for that
  LOMR

Learning Object Repositories
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Components and Work Packages

• Work Package 5 Learning Content Management
  System
• Objectives
• To implement the reference implementation
  prototype which allows
• To create LUISA learning objects addressing a
  wide range of pedagogical approaches and their
  associated learning activities
• To annotate the LUISA or other learning objects
  with semantically described metadata and store
  the learning objects and their metadata in the
  digital repositories
• To implement the repository interface based on
  the SWS architecture for the searching and
  retrieval of learning objects from the learning
  objects repository.

Learning Management Systems
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Components and Work Packages

• Work Packages 6 and 7 LUISA Scenarios
• Both academic and industrial worlds are
  expecting innovative services that would really
  enable easy description, retrieval, selection and
  reuse of digital learning resources in an easy
  way.
• Objectives
• To devise realistic scenarios within different
  context for use of SWS based LCMS system, where
  an actual improvement of the existing processes
  is obvious.
• There are two different scenarios
• Industrial Training Use Case
• Academic Learning Use Case

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Components and Work Packages - Scenarios

• Scenario 1 Dynamic service (and content)
  delivery at runtime
• Different web services used which retrieve
  semantic LO metadata out of virtual different
  repositories
• Dependent of provided search parameters
  appropriate service is selected(e. g. Field of
  Study, Language, Interactivity Type)
• Dynamic selection of appropriate service based on
  semantic capability descriptions (WSMO)
• Available at http//luisa.open.ac.uk/test/
• Scenario 2 Highly adaptive and
  standard-compliant learning packages
• One unique IMS Content Package (IMS LD) reused
  across different learning contexts
• Different learners supported by achieving his/her
  different objectives (e. g. Learn German,
  Learn Italian )
• Individual learner preferences (e. g. native
  language) are considered at runtimefor the
  dynamic service selection (e. g. french learners
  get french learning content )

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LUISA WorkplanMilestones
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Milestones
M30 End
M0 Kick-Off
LUISA Project Milestones
LUISA Project
M6
M12
M18
M27
M24
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Milestones
M30 End
M0 Kick-Off
LUISA Project Milestones
LUISA Project
M6
M12
M18
M27
M24
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Milestones
M30 End
M0 Kick-Off
LUISA Project Milestones
LUISA Project
M6
M12
M18
M27
M24
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LUISA WorkplanDeliverables
LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu
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Deliverables
M30 End
M0 Kick-Off
LUISA Project Deliverables

• M6

M12
M18
M27
M24
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Deliverables
M30 End
M0 Kick-Off
LUISA Project Deliverables

• M6

M12
M18
M27
M24
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Deliverables
M30 End
M0 Kick-Off
LUISA Project Deliverables
M6
M12
M18
M27
M24
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LUISALearning content management system Using
Innovative Semantic web services Architecture

• Contact information
• Nuria de Lama
• nuria.delama_at_atosorigin.com
• Atos ResearchInnovation
• ATOS ORIGIN SPAIN

LUISA is a European Comission FP6 funded
Specific Targeted Research Project
www.luisa-project.eu