Verfahren zur Zerlegung von digitalisierten Lehrbüchern für den Aufbau eines Contentpools

Telelearning environments (i.e. software supporting learning in virtual class rooms) are getting more and more important nowadays. Users of those systems may expect electronic material supporting the learning process to be provided by the teacher, for instance. However, all material provided for learning purposes is completely static so far. What, in most cases, is missing within telelearning environments is the possibility, be it for the teacher or the student, to create learning materials dynamically. This diploma thesis contains a proposal for how to satisfy these demands based on telelearning state-of-the-art. Based upon the technical concept of XML Topic Maps, the author will present a way how to create a semantics-based repository of so called “knowledge atoms” that can be created by decomposition of and metadata creation on slices of electronic documents (books, papers, scientific magazines, and so on). A knowledge atom repository, as mentioned above, will provide teachers and learners with the possibility of creating individual learning materials, tailored for their personal needs. Conclusions won within this diploma thesis have yet been implemented in several tools. The diploma thesis itself is available in German language only.