Report on process of building common semantic core for data from several Learning Layers applications for an integrated solution supported by Social Semantic Server

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Learning Layers
Scaling up Technologies for Informal Learning in SME Clusters
Integration of Data Models
Developing Integrated Data Model for Social Semantic Server
Vladimir Tomberg, Patricia Santos, Jukka Purma, Martin Bachl, Owen Gray, Adolfo Ruiz, Dieter
Theiler

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An Activity Trace has elements of
different levels of formality
John Contri-
butes to
Discus-
sion
Monday In his
office
ICD
Category
5.7
....
Domain Independent
Unchangeable,
Defined by System Designers
Domain Specific,
Broader Agreement,
„Archteypical Models“
Result of Co-Design
Person Specific,
Tags as Verbalizations
Vladimir’s conceptual
data model
Sebastian’s
domain
models
User Contributed

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Why this is important?
• It is a way to connect data from different
tools;
• It is a way to relate different resources to each
other;
• On this basis SSS can do recommendations
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WHAT WE DID
Dream Team
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Phase 1: Constructing Separate
Data Models for each Application

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Phase 2: Mapping Similar
Concepts

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Phase 3: Extracted Core
Ontology
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Phase 4: Finding Properties in
Different Applications

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Phase 5: Final Extended Data
model for implementing on SSS
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What Next?
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Problem
• We have a good vocabulary for things;
• But we need also a good vocabulary for
activities;
• To have an opportunity for future Learning
Analytics these should be Learning Activities;

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One Possible Candidate: Tin
Can
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Actor | Verb | Object
and...
result, context, authority,
activity, extensions
LRS
Tin Can Basics
Activity Statements Learning Record Store

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Tin Can Basics
Little pieces of
data that
describe what
the person did.
Megan read “Tropic of Cancer”
John passed “Hazardous
Material Handling 101”
Tool that
collects all of
the data and
makes it
accessible to
other systems.
Activity Statements Learning Record Store

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Possible Tin Can Applications
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Mobile Simulations
Educational Games
Real World Activities Offline Access
Informal Learning
Analytics /Reporting
Data Portability

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Games
LRS
LMS 1Simulators
Social
Platforms
LMS 2...and more
Mobile
Applications
#TinCanAPI | TinCanAPI.com
eBooks
Now, everyone’s invited to the
party

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Training Delivery System and
Learning Record Store
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Application
Visualization
or Reporting
Interface
Visualization
or Reporting
Interface
LRS’ share and receive,
without knowing what’s
coming.
#TinCanAPI | TinCanAPI.com
Application
LRS LRS

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Personal Data Locker
“Facebook, Twitter, Google and the other
platforms you use, generate revenue from your
personal information, location, relationships,
photos, videos and other activities;
Personal data lockers will not come from these
tech companies, who have venture capital —
sorry”
Kin Lane, API professional
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Personal Data Locker − Personal
Ownership of Learning Data
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Questions and discussion
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