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Educ Inf Technol (2016) 21:16631677 DOI 10.1007/s10639-015-9407-3
Published online: 21 May 2015# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Abstract Utilizing online learning resources (OLR) from multi channels in learning activities promise extended benefits from traditional based learning-centred to a collaborative based learning-centred that emphasises pervasive learning anywhere and anytime. While compiling big data, cloud computing, and semantic web into OLR offer a broader spectrum of pervasive knowledge acquisition to enrich users experience in learning. In conventional learning practices, a student is perceived as a recipient of information and knowledge. However, nowadays students are empowered to involve in learning processes that play an active role in creating, extracting, and improving OLR collaborative learning platform and knowledge sharing as well as distributing. Researchers have employed contents analysis for reviewing literatures in peer-reviewed journals and interviews with the teachers who utilize OLR. In fact, researchers propose pervasive knowledge can address the need of integrating technologies like cloud computing, big data, Web 2.0, and Semantic Web. Pervasive knowledge redefines value added, variety, volume, and velocity of OLR, which is flexible in terms of resources adoption, knowledge acquisition, and technological implementation.
Keywords Cloud computing . Social networks . Online learning . Pervasive knowledge . Web 2.0 . Semantic web
* Muhammad Anshari [email protected]
Yabit Alas [email protected]
Lim Sei Guan [email protected]
1 Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, BSB, Brunei
Developing online learning resources: Big data, social networks, and cloud computing to support pervasive knowledge
Muhammad Anshari1 & Yabit Alas1 & Lim Sei Guan1
1664 Educ Inf Technol (2016) 21:16631677
1 Introduction
Schools and universities are taking benefit of the recent development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) embracing Online Learning Resources (OLR) as an integral part of teaching and learning activities. Online resources refer to a wide range of information available on the Internet including text, images, videos, case studies, journals, databases, and curriculum (Elbaum et al. 2002). Online learning is a generic term to refer to technology-supported learning, rather than similar terms such as electronic learning (e-learning), web-based learning, distributed learning and technology-mediated learning (McGill and Klobas 2009). Bersin (2012) proposes the framework by highlighting the evolution of learning solutions focusing on adoption of technology in education from years 2000 and on it can be seen in Fig. 1. At the...