An Ontology for Universal Design for Learning

Viola Deambrosis, María

Supervisor(es): Motz, Regina

Resumen:

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are recommendations that aim to guarantee access to content for all students. The UDL establishes principles for the development and pedagogical use of educational resources that respect individual differences in the way of learning. However, teachers generally have difficulties to find or adapt educational resources to suit all students. A domain ontology in UDL is a suitable tool to help in identifying the necessary adaptations that must be made in educational resources to satisfy all students. This thesis presents, based on a systematic bibliographic investigation on accessible education ontologies, the design of UDLOntology, an ontology in the domain of UDL. The UDLOntology is developed in OWL, using the Protégéeditor, and its usefulness is described to infer the educational resources that are best adapted to specific learning skills, according to the UDL recommendations.


El Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA) son recomendaciones que tienen como objetivo garantizar el acceso a los contenidos para todos los estudiantes. El DUA establece principios para el desarrollo y uso pedagógico de los recursos educativos que respetan las diferencias individuales en la forma de aprender. Sin embargo, los profesores generalmente tienen dificultades para encontrar o adaptar los recursos educativos a todos los estudiantes. Una ontología de dominio en DUA es una herramienta adecuada para ayudar a identificar las adaptaciones necesarias que se deben realizar en los recursos educativos para satisfacer a todos los estudiantes. Esta tesis presenta, a partir de una investigación bibliográfica sistemática sobre ontologías de educación accesible, el diseño de UDLOntology, una ontología en el dominio de DUA. La UDLOntology es desarrollada en OWL, utilizando el editor Protégé, y se describe su utilidad para inferir los recursos educativos que mejor se adaptan a habilidades de aprendizaje específicas, de acuerdo con las recomendaciones del DUA.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2020
Ontology
Universal design for learning
Learning abilities
Equity education
Ontología
Diseño universal para el aprendizaje
Habilidades en el aprendizaje
Educación equitativa
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/28521
Acceso abierto
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución - No Comercial - Sin Derivadas (CC - By-NC-ND 4.0)
Resumen:
Sumario:The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are recommendations that aim to guarantee access to content for all students. The UDL establishes principles for the development and pedagogical use of educational resources that respect individual differences in the way of learning. However, teachers generally have difficulties to find or adapt educational resources to suit all students. A domain ontology in UDL is a suitable tool to help in identifying the necessary adaptations that must be made in educational resources to satisfy all students. This thesis presents, based on a systematic bibliographic investigation on accessible education ontologies, the design of UDLOntology, an ontology in the domain of UDL. The UDLOntology is developed in OWL, using the Protégéeditor, and its usefulness is described to infer the educational resources that are best adapted to specific learning skills, according to the UDL recommendations.