LT4eL - Language Technology for eLearning
LT4eL will use multilingual language tools for improving the retrieval and accessibility of learning objects through semi-automatic metadata generation for use in connection with learning management systems.
- Strategic objective: Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe
- Project type: Specific targeted research project (STREP)
- Start date: 1 December 2005
- Duration: 30 months
- EU funding: 1 508 000
- Number of partners: 12
- Project coordinator: Universiteit Utrecht, Institute of Linguistics OTS, Netherlands
- Contact: Dr. Paola Monachesi
Given the huge amount of static and dynamic content created for e-learning tasks, the major challenge for extending its use is to improve the effectiveness of retrieval and accessibility by making use of learning management systems.
The aim of the LT4eL project is to tackle this problem by providing language technology based functionalities and by integrating semantic knowledge to enhance the management, distribution and retrieval of the learning material.
Specifically, the project will employ language technology resources and tools for the semi-automatic generation of descriptive metadata. It will thus develop new functionalities such as a key word extractor and a glossary candidate detector, tuned for the various languages addressed in the project (Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian).
Semantic knowledge, in the form of ontologies, will be integrated to enhance the management, distribution and searchability of the learning material. The ontologies will allow for the multilingual retrieval of the required information.
These functionalities can be integrated in any open source learning management system. They will facilitate the construction of user specific courses, allow direct access to knowledge and support decentralisation and cooperation in content management. The project will also create a validation methodology suitable for investigating the impact of these new functionalities on the learning experience in a multilingual context.
LT4eL will contribute to the dissemination of e-learning content that reflects the linguistic diversity of the 'enlarged Europe' by creating opportunities for multilingual virtual learning communities and by delivering technologies for their support.