The document discusses the potential benefits of semantic web technologies for distance learning and education. It describes how the semantic web aims to make web content machine-understandable to improve search, integration and reduce errors. Key technologies include semantic markup, metadata, ontologies and ontology languages. Semantic web technologies could help address challenges in online learning environments like communication, collaboration and personalized services. The document recommends universities invest in semantic technologies to gain benefits for distance education.

1. The Contribution Of Semantic Web Technologies To Distance Learning And Education ZOU International Conference 16-17 June 2011 Dydimus Zengenene Erasmus Mundus Scholar International Master in Digital Library Learning (DILL) University College of Oslo, University of Tallinn, University of Parma

7. Why do we need it To reduce time, costs and errors that are incurred in the search, manipulation and utilization of web based resources.

8. What is it? An improved version of the current web, which can provide better services at lower costs by way of giving machines the power to understand the meaning of web documents.

12. Technologies of the semantic web

18. Three tier architecture