Capturing and Disseminating the Principles of Self-Regulated Learning in an Ontological Framework

Self-regulated learning, a seminal theory in education psychology, concerns how learners’ regulate their cognitive tactics and strategies. However, research indicates that learners rarely use the optimal learning tactics and strategies. Our system, MI-EDNA formally captures the SRL principles in the ontological framework and we use the Description Logic reasoning mechanism and the inference engine based on the production rules to disseminate SRL principles to the learners, providing the opportunities to reflect on and regulate their learning process.