Adult Learning Ecosystem: Ontological Approach for Integration of Services for Andragogue Activities

Abstract

This study is devoted to the problems of the andragogue activities informational support based on use of semantic technologies and knowledge management models. aimed at the analysis of educational content. In this work we analyze the use of ecosystem paradigm for modeling the learning process that takes into account the specifics of adult students and analyze service-oriented approach for representation of andragogue activities. We consider existing ecosystems developed for modeling of software design and learning process and select their components that can be used in adult learning and represent specifics of this domain that influence on selection of semantic technologies used for facilitation of andragogue activities. We develop an ontological model of the ecosystem of adult learning that defines relations of its biotic and abiotic components and provides the basis for descriptions of the semantics of intelligent services used for learning support. Examples of service integration bases on this model are considered.