What is and what is not the eEducation: Experience of the Industrial Ontologies Group Vagan Terziyan eEducation Workshop Wed (9:30-12:00) AgD123, University of Jyvaskyla Industrial Ontologies Group

The Open World Assumption as a context for innovative learning approaches: “Students need to be prepared for jobs that do not yet exist... using technologies that have not yet been invented … in order to solve problems that we do not even know are problems yet”. –[Richard Riley, Secretary of Education under Clinton]

Think about it! 3

I. Simple view to the eEducation

Content: Knowledge and Skills (“executable knowledge”) collected, documented (made explicit) and shared by the humankind assisted by the ICT Content

Content: Knowledge and Skills (“executable knowledge”) collected, documented (made explicit) and shared by the humankind assisted by the ICT Educational content management (searching, collecting, indexing, storing, filtering, integrating, adapting, personalizing, etc.) should NOT be a major concern of the eEducation ! What eEducation is not

Learner Learner: The one who is aiming to update own content (knowledge and skills) with the new one according to certain objectives Own content: personal knowledge and skills

What eEducation is not Learner: The one who is aiming to update own content (knowledge and skills) with the new one according to certain objectives Own content: personal knowledge and skills eEducation is NOT a servant for the learner, it is neither configured nor driven by the learner. eEducation should NOT address the learner needs or objectives in a way he/she understands it !

Content understanding Own content: personal knowledge and skills Content to be learned Understanding: the process of connecting (linking) the conceptual items of new knowledge and skills coming from external sources to the ones already stored as a personal knowledge and skills. Linked Data (emergent and challenging concept of Tim Berners Lee widely exploited by the Semantic Web community) is the good analogy and possible enabling technology for the content understanding.

What is eEducation Understanding eEducation: the ICT- based enabler and facilitator of the content understanding process

II. Advanced view to the eEducation

Personal development objective Own personal development objective (the destination up to which the person wants to develop himself), usually based on incomplete and inconsistent assumptions and may lead to faulty (or at least not optimal) decisions within the personal career path

What eEducation is not Own personal development objective (the destination up to which the person wants to develop himself), usually based on incomplete and inconsistent assumptions and may lead to faulty (or at least not optimal) decisions within the personal career path. eEducation should NOT support exclusively the navigation towards the learner personal development objective because it may not be well understood and therefore may not be optimal for the learner after being achieved.

Personal “Mission” Objectively “ideal” potential professional activity (and related to this personal development objective) for the person (unknown in the beginning and challenging to be recognized), in which the person has enough talents and capabilities to potentially develop himself towards providing the best possible performance for the society and getting the best possible benefits for himself “Education supports a process of self-discovery and learning about the world, encourages personal development, and helps individuals find their roles in society.” [Declaration of Barcelona, ] "You cannot teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself.“ ~ Galileo Gallilei

Richard Barrett

What is eEducation eEducation: the ICT-based life-long personal development navigator towards personal mission (supports mission recognition, personal development planning and provides appropriate for the mission knowledge and skills understanding support). Objectively “ideal” potential professional activity (and related to this personal development objective) for the person (unknown in the beginning and challenging to be recognized), in which the person has enough talents and capabilities to potentially develop himself towards providing the best possible performance for the society and getting the best possible benefits for himself

III. Even more advanced view: eEducation for Everything !

SHOK \ Tivit \ Services \ Educational Services \ Personal_Study_Advisor One of current activities of the Industrial Ontologies Group: Towards Life-Long Personal Development Pocket Advisor Industrial Ontologies Group