Curriculum Course Syllabus Ontology (CCSO)

The academic staff of an institution, a school or a university such as professors of various ranks, lecturers and/or researchers. In North America the term Faculty is used instead.

An employee who conducts of the administrating of an educational organization.

A person, usually an postgraduate student, who helps by assuming duties in lessons (TeachingAssistant), projects (ProjectAssistant), research (ResearchAssistant), etc.

The undergraduate academic degree awarded by universities and colleges, known as Bachelor’s degree.

The diplomas that cannot be classified to the other subclasses such as Vocation diploma, Teaching diploma, Languages diploma, etc.

An institutional unit of teaching that lasts one academic term with a specific subject, usually is led by one or more instructors and has a fixed group of students.

A division of a School (or College) devoted to a particular academic degree.

An ‘Academic Discipline' (here 'Discipline') is a branch of knowledge or a field of study.

The academic and research degree, also known as Doctor’s degree, awarded by universities that certifies the person as an expert of art or sciences in a field and qualifies to teach at the university level.

An Organization designed to provide educational services and learning environments.

Employee of an organization.

Events included in evaluation procedure.

All events that happen in a class within a course.

The root class of knowledge structure. It refers to the Academic Disciplines.

An autonomous educational institution which provides learning services in areas of Non-Formal Education.

Subjects of a Body of Knowledge.

Main knowledge body of a Discipline, a specification of the content to be covered in a curriculum.

Part of a Knowledge Area.

The learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course.

An academic person at an early career stage with open-ended or tenured position in a university who teaches and conducts research.

The postgraduate academic degree, known as Master’s degree, awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

An organization is an entity comprising multiple people, such as an institution or an association, that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment.

A person, a human being.

A student who own a Bachelor’s degree and studying for an academic or professional certificate.

An instructor that is an expert of art or sciences and participates in a program of study of an educational institution.

The degrees awarded to students upon a successful completion of a course of study in an educational institution.

An academic person that conducts research, participates in research projects or leads research groups.

The teaching and learning resources that are being used during a course. Books, academic articles, notes as well as webpages, videos, images, audios and other stuff with educational interest for a course can be included to the learning material for a course.

The resource could be an official Publication. A work of a person which its content is available to the general public. The content may vary; usually it refers to text, images, audio or visual content, software programs, etc. The text includes papers and articles in newspapers, magazines, books, journals, etc.

A division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas. The American usage is followed where such divisions are referred to as Colleges or Schools rather than using the term Faculty which is used in other countries in order to avoid misunderstandings because the same term (Faculty) refers to the Academic staff of a University in American usage.

The graduation degrees provided by Primary and Secondary schools (Primary School, Secondary School and High School).

A learner who attends an educational programme

A document that addresses course information, expectations and responsibilities to students.

The manner and the different kinds of teaching methods and learning activities within a course.

Events that happen in a class which are related to teaching.

An employee who is specialized and related to provide practical, mechanical and applied services (e.g. electrician, plumber, etc).

A subject of study, small piece from Body of Knowledge that could be organized into course and covered during lessons.

A student who attends a university program up to the level to the Bachelor’s degree.

An institution of Higher Education and research which awards academic degrees in a set of academic disciplines.

A Learning Outcome may expected to be acquired in various Courses.

Super-property of some object properties that represents any kind of affiliation relation between the following classes: EducationalOrganization, Person, ProgramofStudy, Course, Event

A Course may aim to several Learning Outcomes in connection with the covered Topics.

A Person is Alumnus of a Department

Knowledge Area is area of a Course

An Assistant is (Teaching) Assistant in a Course.

An Assistant may assists in a teaching event, an evaluation event or some other stuff and events.

A Student attends some Courses of a study program.

School belongsTo University. Department belongsTo School.

An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource. Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Contributor should be used to indicate the entity.

A Topic may be covered in several Courses included in different ProgramofStudies.

Course covers part of a Knowledge Area

A Course may Cover several Topics. The coverage of a Topic is depending from how many hours are being taught; A national or international curriculum guide of the Body of Knowledge can provide information about the coverage, the learning outcomes and the minimum hours.

An entity primarily responsible for making the resource. Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity. Here is used to indicate the Author of a work.

A Student is enrolled (registered) in a Study Program.

A Teaching Event expects (aims to) one or more Learning Outcomes for the students.

A Study Program is focused in a Body of Knowledge, at least.

An Event in the classroom follows one or more Teaching Methods or either Evaluation Methods.

A Department has staff that is member of the Academic staff (known as Faculty also) like Professors, Researchers and Lecturers.

A Department has alumnus, a person who completed successfully a Program of Study.

A Course has Student as Attender.

A Student who has successfully completed a Study Program or either a Course.

A Course has Assistant.

Person has some Degrees from some Departments (e.g. Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, etc)

A Study Program or either a Course has some Duration in weeks, months or years.

EducationalOrganization hasEmployee Employee

A Course is composed of several Events; most of them are Teaching Events and some are Evaluation Events.

An Event may have one or more Assistants.

An Evaluation Event can have at least one Professor as Grader.

A Course has one or more Professors as Instructors.

A Course may use several Resources as Learning Material. An Event may use several Resources as Learning Material.

A Course may require previous knowledge from other Courses.

A person creates and publishes a work.

A Study Program can have a lot of Students registered.

A Course can have a Professor as Supervisor who manages all the activities within a Course such as the design, the implementation, the lessons, the outcomes, etc.

A Course has Syllabus (maybe more).

A Teaching Event has one or more Professors as teachers.

A Teaching Event has one or more Topics.

A Course can be included in various Study Programs.

A Study Program can includes many Courses.

Professor is Instructor in some Courses

Each Topic and Learning Outcome that students are expected to achieve, is listed in a Knowledge Unit (KU)

Each KU lists a set of Topics and the Learning Outcomes students are expected to achieve.

The academic staff of an institution, a school or a university such as professors of various ranks, lecturers and/or researchers. In North America the term Faculty is used instead.

Course is offered by Department

A Department offers some Courses available to Students.

A field of study may be part of a broader field of study.

A Study Program is provided by an Educational Organization.

An Educational Organization provides a variety of Study Programs in many Disciplines and Knowledge Bodies.

Study Program requires a Study Program.

A Professor can supervises and manages all the activities within a Course such as the design, the implementation, the lessons, the outcomes, etc.

It is Syllabus of a Course.

A Professor teaches in some Teaching Events within a course.

An employee works for an organization.

The shorten form of the Name of a Discipline. The shorten form of the Name of Body of Knowledge (inherited property). The shorten form of the Name of Area of Knowledge (inherited property). The shorten form of the Name of Unit of Knowledge (inherited property).

The academic year where the Course is offered and starts (e.g. 2015-16 or 2017-2018).

The physical address of an Organization.

The age in years of some agent.

The identifier that uniquely identifies a Study Programme in the national curriculum or either a Course or Syllabus in an Institute.

The type of the Course. There are two types of course available: • Core: Courses that cover core topics and are deemed essential for an academic degree. • Compulsory: A term with the same meaning as “Core” which is used in syllabuses. It’s also expresses the Courses that cover core topics and are deemed essential for an academic degree. • Elective: a Course that the student can select from other alternative courses.

The webpage of a Course where someone can find useful information about the Course, the Syllabus, the Assignments, etc.

The credits that corresponds to a Study Program or a Course, according to European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS).

The official Name of a Course or a Syllabus.

A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource. Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF] (e.g. 2017-03-15).

Super-property for properties related to date: • startDate • endDate • EnrollmentDate • graduationDate • pubDate

The official title of the Degree that awarded to the students upon a successful completion of Study Program in an educational institution.

The various types of studies and degrees. A specific list of allowed values in this property can also be used: • Bachelor of Science • Bachelor of Arts • Bachelor of Business Administration • Master of Science • Master of Arts • Master of Business Administration • Doctor of Philosophy

The URL of the official webpage with information about the Degree.

An account of the resource. Description may includes: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.

Description of a concept such as: • Course • Syllabus • Event • Publication • TeachingEvaluationMethod

The type represents the duration of time of the following concepts: • ProgramofStudy • Syllabus • Event: represents the minimum amount of time that is required in order to reach the sufficient depth of coverage. • Topic. It is expressed as a number of years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Valid examples: P4Y=4 years, P6M=6 months, PT2H45M=2 hours and 45 minutes, PT50M=50 minutes.

The URL of the Course’s eClass platform.

Contact Information of a Person or an Organization for Electonic communication.

The eMail address of an Organization or a Person (personal eMail).

The date that the course lessons end (e.g. 2018-01-29).

The exact date that student has enrolled in a Study Program (e.g. 2016-09-01).

Information about Evaluation and Performance of the Course.

The classroom, laboratory or any other location that the Event takes place.

The date and time the Event occurs. If the event lasts more one time then the value is the date the event is starting (e.g. 2018-03-14T12:30:00 means 12:30 pm at 14 March, 2018).

The number of the week in the semester of the Course that the Event occurs.

The workload in hours that required for the learning activities of an Event; the duration of the Event is not included (e.g. PT4H30M=4 hours and 30 minutes, PT90M=90 minutes).

The family name of a person.

The fax number of an Organization or a Person.

The first name of a person.

The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource. Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types.

Name of a Discipline. Name of Body of Knowledge (inherited property). Name of Area of Knowledge (inherited property). Name of Unit of Knowledge (inherited property).

Topic of Body of Knowledge. Topic of Area of Knowledge. Topic of Unit of Knowledge.

The gender of this Agent (typically but not necessarily 'male' or 'female').

The exact date that student has graduated a Study Program (e.g. 2017-03-15).

The phone number at the home of a person.

The organization identifier that uniquely identifies the legal entity of the organization.

The Name of an Event, a Topic or a LearningOutcome.

A language of the resource. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].

The Language that used during the lessons, at the assignments and at the evaluation tests of a Course.(e.g. 'en' for English, 'gr' for Greek).

The last name of a person.

The official name of the organization.

Each Learning Outcome has an associated Level of Mastery students are expected to achieve with respect to the Topics specified. There are three Level of Mastery: • Familiarity: student understands what a concept is or what it means. • Usage: student is able to use and apply a concept. • Assessment: student is able to consider a concept from multiple viewpoints and select the appropriate approach for a problem.

The location an organization is located.

An associated image as the logo of an Organization.

The devices, tools and objects that are used to store and deliver teaching and learning content and data.

The name of the Method that is followed in a Teaching or Evaluation Event. There is a specific list of allowed values, for this property: • Lecture: the instructor oral presents the subject or teaches people with little interaction. • Demonstration: involves showing by reason or proof, explaining or making clear by use of examples or experiments. • Discussion: the subject is being examined and discussed in the classroom where each student has equal opportunity to interact and put forth his views. • Seminar: the students prepare by themselves and present their work for discussion and critique. • Study: the instructor assigns readings for each session which are then discussed in a meeting or a conference. • Homework: students are writing short or long papers or essays about a topic, solving problem sets, etc. • Laboratory: most of the work is taken place in a laboratory. • Project: students are organized in one or more groups, work on a topic and meet with the instructor weekly for discussion and guidance. • OralExam: the examiner poses questions to the student or group of students who have to answer in order to demonstrate sufficient knowledge about the subject. • WrittenExam: the students participate in a written examination which intended to measure student’s knowledge, skills and attitude.

The mobile’s phone number of a person.

A Course can be offered to Erasmus students or not.

Dates and time that the Person is available at his office

The number and building of employee’s office.

Person’s identifier that uniquely identifies a person.

Contact numbers of a Person or an Organization for phonetic communication.

An associated profile picture of a person.

The official Name of Program of Study.

The URL of the published work.

An entity responsible for making the resource available. Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.

The official cited reference for the published learning material or unofficial in case it isn’t published.

The number of semester within the ProgramofStudy where the Course is offered and starts (e.g. 3).

A related resource from which the described resource is derived. The described resource may be derived from the related resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.

Here: The various types of media where the work is published. The most common types are: • Book, • Journal, • Workshop, • Conference, • Proceedings, • Thesis, • Magazine, • Newspaper, • Webpage,
• UnofficialPublication, • etc.

The position where a person is being employed in the organization.

The subject that a person is specialist and practices in.

The date that the course lessons start (e.g. 2017-10-01).

The topic of the resource. Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.

A name given to the resource. Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.

Title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr. etc)

The type of the Topic defines the importance of the topic for inclusion in a study programme. The types of a topic could be the values: • Core • Core-Tier-1 • Core-Tier-2 • Elective

The nature or genre of the resource. The various types of the work. The most common types of works are: • Article, • Chapter, • Paper, • Booklet, • Poster, • Thesis, • Software, • Specification, • Report, • UnofficialPublication, etc. A Thesis could be BachelorThesis, MasterThesis or DoctoralThesis.

The address of the webpage of an Organization, a Person or a Publication

The version number of a Publication. The version number of a Syllabus.

Super-property for properties related to URL: • degreeURL • courseURL • eClassURL • pubURL

The weekly class schedule presents the time, day and dates that the events of the Course are scheduled.

The weekly teaching hours of the course.

The workload in hours that required for the learning activities and assignments of a Course in weekly basis. The hours of the lessons are not included (e.g. PT3H50M=3 hours and 50 minutes, PT60M=60 minutes).

The work eMail address of a person.

The main phone number of an Organization or at the work of a Person.

An entity primarily responsible for making the resource. Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity. Here is used to indicate the Author of a work.