Enriching the Web of Data with Educational Information Using We-Share

Authors

  • Adolfo Ruiz-Calleja Tallinn University
  • Juan Ignacio Asensio-Pérez Universidad de Valladolid
  • Guillermo Vega-Gorgojo Universidad de Valladolid
  • Eduardo Gómez-Sánchez Universidad de Valladolid
  • Miguel Luis Bote-Lorenzo Universidad de Valladolid
  • Carlos Alario-Hoyos Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i1.2633

Keywords:

social annotation, collective knowledge systems, Web of Data, Social Web, educational ICT tools

Abstract

This paper presents We-Share, a social annotation application that enables educators to publish and retrieve information about educational ICT tools. As a distinctive characteristic, We-Share provides educators data about educational tools already available on the Web of Data while allowing them to enrich such data with their experience using technology in the classroom. We-Share evaluation entails an empirical study where 23 educators enriched tool descriptions available on the Web of Data out of their own experience. The results suggest that experiential annotations published by educators using We-Share improve the satisfaction and confidence of other educators when discovering and selecting ICT tools. Further, most educators found We-Share an easy-to-use application suitable to share and retrieve information about educational ICT tools.

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Published

2017-02-28

How to Cite

Ruiz-Calleja, A., Asensio-Pérez, J. I., Vega-Gorgojo, G., Gómez-Sánchez, E., Bote-Lorenzo, M. L., & Alario-Hoyos, C. (2017). Enriching the Web of Data with Educational Information Using We-Share. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i1.2633

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2017): Special Issue: Advances in Research on Social Networking in Open and Distributed Learning

Section

Research Articles

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