Learning Goal Ontology for Making Collaborative Learning Effective

Abstract: Our research objective is to clarify the educational functions of the collaborative learning group. There are many theories to support the advantage of collaborative learning process. Due to the diversity, it is difficult to list the learning theories effective to gain a learner a specific educational benefit, and to compare the theories to form a suitable collaborative learning group for the learner. In this paper, we describe the system of concepts concerning learning goals attained through collaborative learning process with the learning theories. We call the system of concepts "Learning Goal Ontology". The Ontology will be able to make it easy to form an effective learning setting and to analyze the educational functions of a learning group