Supporting the Creation and Sharing of Domain Taxonomies in STEM Learning

Abstract

Aiming at facilitating STEM learning through video-making, the JuxtaLearn project supports teachers in defining their own domain taxonomies as semantic building blocks for various learning activities. This paper reports on an evaluation with 17 teachers using a semantic recommender system for taxonomy building and lesson planning. Our results indicate that the system is perceived as supportive, but it also reveals problems caused by teachers’ individual preferences.