Paper title

“SWOLO: A SWEBOK-based Ontology for Learning Objects”

Authors: Imran A. Zualkernan
Affiliation: American University of Sharjah, UAE

Abstract — Re-usable learning objects (RLO) have recently gained popularity as the primary organizational structure in software that manipulates and renders e-Learning content. Cisco defines a comprehensive domain independent methodology for design and authoring of an RLO. This paper presents a new ontology called SWOLO that extends Cisco’s methodology for building learning objects for Software Design. SWOLO is based on the IEEE Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. A case study of an existing learning object from the open courseware initiative (OCW) demonstrating the use of this ontology is also presented.