Conceptual modelling as support for e-learning information system development

In the modern educational process the intensity of the modern technology development plays a significant role. The software is a tool in the education system, which provides an opportunity for standardization as an important precondition for phenomena such as the continuous increase in the number of students, international mobility, the challenges of distance learning and lifelong learning program. In addition, the population of students is being diversified and causes various aspects of knowledge, such as language, cultural, organizational, economic, and so on. Therefore, the development and implementation of educational opportunities requires sharing and reuse of software and knowledge, with the aim of effective organization and storage of data, good communication and exchange of information and the quality of the organization and management of this knowledge. This goal in the process of software development can be expanded with ontology. Ontological engineering provides support for conceptual modelling system, the knowledge representation of the study area and in the development of components of software solutions. The theme of this work is the area of education and a description of the process of building an ontology in the education system for monitoring the course of the teaching process. The scope and objective of the project of ontology is given. The area covered by the ontology of education is specified. The conceptual model consists of concepts and their instances is made and then the connection between concepts and rules, constraints and axioms. Checking the structure of the conceptual model was made using questions about the ability of that name at the beginning of the ontology specification. These questions and elements of the curriculum and teaching process participants should confirm the accuracy of the model. Ontological language RDF/OWL, which represents examples of the formal record of ontology are selected. Finally, the advantages and improvements that provide the ontological engineering in the development of information systems are emphasized. The above example and the selected system modelling techniques suggest such benefits and improvements.