JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 14(10): 1763-1774, doi: 10.3217/jucs-014-10-1763
Using Taxonomies to Support the Macro Design Process for the Production of Web Based Trainings
Abdelhak Aqqal‡, Christoph Rensing‡, Ralf Steinmetz, Najib Elkamoun§, Abdelghafour Berraissoul§‡ Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany§ Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
Corresponding author: Abdelhak Aqqal ( abdelhak.aqqal@kom.tu-darmstadt.de ) © Abdelhak Aqqal, Christoph Rensing, Ralf Steinmetz, Najib Elkamoun, Abdelghafour Berraissoul. This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License. Citation:
Aqqal A, Rensing C, Steinmetz R, Elkamoun N, Berraissoul A (2008) Using Taxonomies to Support the Macro Design Process for the Production of Web Based Trainings. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 14(10): 1763-1774. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-014-10-1763 |  |
Abstract
Recently Web Based Training (WBT) starts to be widely used as a new way of teaching. Unfortunately, this mode of teaching imposes new requirements and constraints. It has made the creation of learning material a complex and demanding task for the instructors as it takes much time and demands a multitude of skills, in particular technical skills that must be developed and continuously updated. Hence, we propose a collaborative authoring methodology based on division of labour as a way to produce WBTs where the processes of production are clearly separated to meet the existing and needed skills of persons involved in WBT production. This paper presents an efficient method to support instructors guidance during the first phase of the WBT production called the Macro Design using the Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) and the taxonomies we developed.
Keywords
E-learning, production of web based training, taxonomies, collaborative authoring, knowledge modelling, semantic design, instructional design support tool