Cultural Artefacts in Education: Analysis, Ontologies and Implementation
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Stewart, Craig; Chandramouli, Krishna; Cristea, Alexandra; Brailsford, Tim; Izquierdo, Ebroul
- Source
- 2008 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2008 International Conference on. 5:706-709 Dec, 2008
- Subject
- Computing and Processing
Cultural differences
Ontologies
Computer science
Computer aided instruction
Computer aided engineering
Software engineering
Computer science education
Information analysis
Information technology
Art
Culture
CAE
Adaptive Hypermedia
Ontology
- Language
Adaptive web technologies are often used in distance learning scenarios with little regard for learners’ cultural background. The CAE questionnaire determines the cultural artefacts that influence a learners behaviour within an educational environment. This paper presents the CAE-L cultural ontology along with an analysis of three countries (China, Ireland and UK). This ontology is instantiated to determine their ‘cultural stereotype’ which can then be used to define a layer of adaptation that traditional systems ignore.