Not Fade Away?

Abstract

If you ask me BWill Semantic Web ever happen, in general, and specifically in education?^, the best answer I can give you is BI don't know, but I know that today we are still far away from the hopes that I had when I wrote my paper Education and The Semantic Web (Devedzic 2004) more than 10 years ago. Much of the things from that paper are today obsolete, but some remain. With the experience gained and lessons learned over time, as well as with many other developments in the general field of Webbased education, it is possible to sketch a much more realistic picture about Semantic Web and its implications for education than it was possible back then. This article attempts to capture that picture by discussing a diagram.

Semantic Web and Distance Learning: Euphoria, Frustration and Restart

“…On the Other hand, this paper´s author was a spectator and needed to use other authors to support his ideas. Thus, as its main contribution, this paper presents the ideas described by Devedzic (2016), supporting them on other relevant researchers and complementing them whenever possible with more recent work, which demonstrates what occurred in the area following Devedzic's publication in 2016.…”

“…Based on the Hype Cycle, this paper discusses past expectations about the benefits that the Semantic Web would bring to education; it analyzes what happened in these years and why; and presents some trends for the field in the future. This paper´s roadmap is similar to Devedzic (2016), the main difference between them is that Devedzic has played a major role in such history and contributed a lot with it, which makes it possible for him to write a paper from his point of view, using a few references. On the Other hand, this paper´s author was a spectator and needed to use other authors to support his ideas.…”

“…The Hype Cycle methodology, developed by the North American research and advisory firm Gartner (http://gartner.com), aims to represent the maturity, adoption, and application of specific technologies. Devedzic (2016) presents a variant of this graph to explain the interest in the application of the Semantic Web in education (Figure 1). Devedzic (2016) points that the time t1 happened around 2005-2006, and the time t2 happened around 2011.…”

“…Devedzic (2016) presents a variant of this graph to explain the interest in the application of the Semantic Web in education (Figure 1). Devedzic (2016) points that the time t1 happened around 2005-2006, and the time t2 happened around 2011. In the meantime, many researchers migrated to other research areas and the lack of interest in Semantic Web in education was growing.…”

Using Ontological Engineering to Overcome AI-ED Problems: Contribution, Impact and Perspectives

“…Concerning SW activities in AIED, activities done by Vladan Devedzic and Jelena Jovanovic are good examples. This topic is well-discussed in (Devedzic 2015).…”