Education_Ontology

Education Ontology

Introduction - Definition
To understand the significance of the items in HCLE one needs to have a way of thinking about education and learning as a whole. This page explores modern research into "Ontologies". Here's how Wikipedia explains what ontology is:
 * ** Ontology ** is the [|metaphysical] study of the nature of // [|being], [|becoming] , [|existence]  // , or //[|reality] // , as well as the basic [|categories of being] and their relations. Traditionally listed as a part of the major branch of philosophy known as [|metaphysics] , ontology deals with questions concerning what [|entities] exist or can be said to exist, and how such entities can be grouped, related within a [|hierarchy] , and subdivided according to similarities and differences.

So this page is about the 'basic categories' of educational being and their relations. We'll start with a list of links to what scholars are doing in 2014. Then maybe we'll add some original thoughts...

BBC Curriculum Ontology
CRESST/UCLA - Eva Baker paper

Ontologies of Learning
AERA Paper - Martin Packer

Projects to Improve Existing Models
Prof. Jon Pearce teaches a course in Domain Modeling at San Jose State University. Jump to the page for collaborating with him.