Getting it Fast - An Information Systems Oriented Semantic Web Curriculum

Daniela Giordano, Francesco Maiorana

2014

Abstract

The fast growing importance of the semantic web and semantic web applications is demonstrated by the exponentially growing amount of semantic data produced on the web and by the rise of the linked open data movement. Besides this strong interest there is a request both from academia and industry for well-prepared students in order to minimize the training effort needed to prepare them for productive work. This paper describes the teaching experience of a Master's course entitled “Laboratory in software design and development – semantic technologies”. A detailed description of the curriculum, the rationale underlying the choice of content and the software tools used, as well as the main lessons learnt from the experience, are presented.

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Giordano D. and Maiorana F. (2014). Getting it Fast - An Information Systems Oriented Semantic Web Curriculum . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-021-5, pages 42-48. DOI: 10.5220/0004848300420048


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@conference{csedu14,
author={Daniela Giordano and Francesco Maiorana},
title={Getting it Fast - An Information Systems Oriented Semantic Web Curriculum},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={42-48},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004848300420048},
isbn={978-989-758-021-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Getting it Fast - An Information Systems Oriented Semantic Web Curriculum
SN - 978-989-758-021-5
AU - Giordano D.
AU - Maiorana F.
PY - 2014
SP - 42
EP - 48
DO - 10.5220/0004848300420048