This paper is available online at www.jtaer.com DOI: 10.4067/S0718-1876201100010000

Virtual learning environments systems are based on the classroom paradigm, in which the knowledge is transmitted for all the students in the same way. To enhance e-learning, adapting the contents to the needs of each student is essential, and a more personalized learning support is required. The adoption of pedagogical agents and new artificial intelligence methodologies can response to the needs of individual students and provide a more effective collaboration in virtual learning environments. The learning experience of each student can be adapted to others students with the same characteristics. The adaptation of past cases to solve new problems is one of the features of case-based reasoning methodology, which can provide an effective knowledge transmission, based on learning activities. In this paper, we present a case-based reasoning approach to Adaptive Web-based Educational Systems using fuzzy logic to adapt e-learning contents and contexts according to the student learning style and individual needs.

Delivered at the CRIS2014 Conference in Rome; published in Procedia Computer Science 33 (Jul 2014).-- 6 pages.Governments and organizations are creating Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) to follow the growth of the amount of research data, providing tools to collect, preserve and disseminate that data. At the same time, we are facing the appearance of standards designed to regulate CRIS development. Common European Research Information Format (CERIF) is a standard for managing and exchanging research data. There are several types of CRIS – institutional, regional, national and international. In this work we have just considered the national and international types and 43 CRIS of those types were identified worldwide. Only 5 of them are CERIF-compliant. The aim of this study is to conclude if the use of CERIF is increasing the number of features in CRIS. Based on our methodology, we analyzed 10 CRIS, 4 of which CERIF-compliant. CERIF tends to increase similarities between CRIS, in terms of its features and its data models. However, the need for customization of such systems leads to various implementations of the standard, creating an opposite effect of the one referred before. Non CERIF-compliant CRISs have as central focus the researchers. The CERIF takes CRIS to focus also on projects and institutions of the research domain. With this exception, the CERIF doesn’t show an increase of the number of features. We also consider the use of Dublin Core to increase interoperability between CRIS

This research aims to initially address the Digital Mourning concept under the Digital Heritage Management, investigating to what extent we can “Managing the Digital Heritage”, namely the content we create on a daily basis on social networks and the Internet. The ultimate goal is to understand to what extent this issue is important for users and present results showing that items needed to design a system that is accepted and used in practice by users. To assess the need for platforms for the Digital Heritage Management (PGHDs) and what is the desirable content was conducted a questionnaire on the subject. Analyzing the results of this questionnaire it appears that most respondents did not think about the future of your Digital Heritage is not aware about the policies of online services they use. But the evidence is that the higher the technological maturity of most individuals is likely to be future users of this type of platforms. It also notes that the vast majority of users consider necessary technologically developed using PGHDs in the future.