Ontology Coverage Tool and Document Browser for Learning Material Exploration

Abstract

Document collections in e-learning can cause issues to both learners and teachers. On one hand, inquiry from the vast corpus of available resources is non-trivial without adequate formulation support and semantic information. Implicit links between documents are hardly understood without a proper visualization. On the other hand, it is difficult for teachers to keep track of the topics covered by a large collection. In this paper, we present an ontology coverage tool and document browser for learning material exploration. Both learners and teachers can benefit from a visualization of an ontology and the documents related to the comprised concepts, overcoming the limitations of traditional file explorers. Guiding users through a visual query process, learners can quickly pinpoint relevant learning material. The visualization, which has been implemented as a web application using the D3.js JavaScript library, can be integrated into different e-learning applications to further enhance the workflow of learners. Finally, teachers are provided an overview of topic coverage within the collection.