scott klepesch's List: Semantic Web

• The goal of the Semantic Web is to provide the capacity for computers to  understand Web content that exists on systems and servers across the Internet,  ultimately adding value to the content and opening rich new data, information,  and knowledge frontiers
• In essence, the Semantic Web is a collection of standards, data structures, and  software that make the online experience more detailed, intelligent, and in some  cases, more intense
• The potential of the Semantic Web could actually revolutionize the learning  experience. Roger Schank, who helped found the Learning Center at Carnegie  Mellon University, designed a new methodology that eliminates classes, tests,  lectures, and even programs themselves. The idea behind the Story-Centered  Curriculum (SCC) is to create a story that a student will live in for a certain  time period that encompasses everything he or she would do in the given time  frame. Schank argues the most effective way to teach new skills is to put  learners in the kinds of situations in which they need to use those skills, and  to provide mentors who help learners as and when they need it. Effective  learners come to understand when, why, and how they should use skills and  knowledge. They receive key just-in-time lessons, in such a way that learners  will most likely remember the information later when they need it. In a Semantic  Web context, learning would be continuously invigorated with the obvious  benefits being an increase in the quality of content and the sophistication of  student interactions.

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