Adaptation of pedagogical resources description standard (LOM) with the specificity of Arabic language

TL;DR

This paper explores adapting the LOM standard for describing educational resources to suit Arabic language's unique features and educational contexts, considering linguistic and pedagogical specifics.

Contribution

It proposes modifications to the LOM standard to better accommodate Arabic language characteristics and educational conditions.

Findings

Adapted LOM standard for Arabic language description.

Highlighted linguistic features affecting resource description.

Enhanced pedagogical indexing for Arabic educational resources.

Abstract

In this article we focus firstly on the principle of pedagogical indexing and characteristics of Arabic language and secondly on the possibility of adapting the standard for describing learning resources used (the LOM and its Application Profiles) with learning conditions such as the educational levels of students and their levels of understanding,... the educational context with taking into account the representative elements of text, text length, ... in particular, we put in relief the specificity of the Arabic language which is a complex language, characterized by its flexion, its voyellation and agglutination.