Development of a Theory-Aware Authoring Workbench

随着现代技术的进步以及相关领域的最新研究成果，计算机辅助知识系统化/组织变得越来越流行。尤其是在计算机辅助学习(技术增强学习)社区，学习和教学理论的系统化被寄予了很高的期望，在那里，迫切需要将专业知识和理论流畅地转移到开发学习支持系统的实践者手中，以提高他们的质量。本研究的主要目的是利用本体论工程开发一个具有理论意识的写作平台，使学习/教学理论在一定程度上系统化。这四年的研究成果总结如下：(1)本体论工程的基本理论和技术的发展(2)一个强大的本体论开发环境HOZO已经被开发(3)学习/教学理论的本体论的发展(4)一个具有理论意识的创作工作台的原型的开发(5)基于本体论的学习支持系统我们还研究了通过处理理论的“预期方面”将成果概括为多用途技术以系统化各种知识的可能性。总而言之，我们相信，我们通过改进本体工程，为填补技术增强型学习中理论家和实践者之间的空白做出了合理的贡献。

Computer-aided knowledge systematization/organization has become more and more popular with the advancement of the modern technology as well as the latest findings in the related areas. Especially, systematization of learning and instructional theories are highly expected in Computer-assisted learning(Technology-enhanced learning) communities where fluent transfer of the expertise and theories to practitioners who develop learning support systems is strongly required to improve their quality. The main objective of this research is to develop a theory-aware authoring workbench using ontological engineering through which learning/instructional theories have been systematized to some extent. The achievements of this four-year research are summarized as follows :(1) Development of fundamental theories and augmentation of techniques of ontological engineering(2) A powerful ontology development environment, Hozo has been developed(3) Ontology development of learning/instructional theories(4) Development of a prototype of a theory-aware authoring workbench(5) Ontology-based learning support systemsWe have also investigated the possibilities of generalization of the achievements into multi-purpose technology for systematization of various knowledge by tackling the "prospective aspects" of theories. In summary, we believe we have made a reasonable contribution to filling the gap between theorists and practitioners in technology-enhanced learning through refinement of ontological engineering.