Ontology-Driven and Semantic Web-Enabled Framework for Intelligent eLearning System

Due to the rapid advancements in technology in different fields, the Internet has become an essential tool in our daily lives. In particular, the internet and eLearning technologies are bringing about a radical change in education. In this paper, a semantic-based framework architecture for intelligent eLearning system is proposed. Requirements, concepts, and technologies needed to build such an intelligent system are examined. The services offered by the proposed eLearning framework that serve both learners and tutors are presented. The main emphasis is the semantic-based search process. The approach is based on metadata to suggest related course material to the learner. In addition to the semantic search, proposed services include a question answering system, a recommender system, and a content annotation.