ERIC Number: EJ853741
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Publication Date: 2004
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Modeling Educational Content: The Cognitive Approach of the PALO Language
Rodriguez-Artacho, Miguel; Verdejo Maillo, M. Felisa
Educational Technology & Society, v7 n3 p124-137 2004
This paper presents a reference framework to describe educational material. It introduces the PALO Language as a cognitive based approach to Educational Modeling Languages (EML). In accordance with recent trends for reusability and interoperability in Learning Technologies, EML constitutes an evolution of the current content-centered specifications of learning material, involving the description of learning processes and methods from a pedagogical and instructional perspective. The PALO Language, thus, provides a layer of abstraction for the description of learning material, including the description of learning activities, structure and scheduling. The framework makes use of domain and pedagogical ontologies as a reusable and maintainable way to represent and store instructional content, and to provide a pedagogical level of abstraction in the authoring process. (Contains 2 tables and 8 figures.)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Standards, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Design Requirements, Models, Classification, Educational Principles, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Design, Integrated Learning Systems, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Computer Software, Programming, Programming Languages, Computer System Design, Metadata, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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