Ontology Construction of Online Education

Abstract

To describe novel patterns of online education, an education ontology is constructed and instantiated. Current education ontology focused on traditional education resources and procedures, and lacked specification of online education. An education ontology was induced and codified to describe online courses, activities, platforms and discussion forum with Protégé software. This is the first time to construct ontology of online education with multiple aspects. As a result, the constructed ontology uncovered the underlying patterns of online education and commonality among online education platforms. The patterns could support the integration of online education resources and promote innovation of online education strategy.