Investigating the Emergence of Online Learning in Different Countries using the 5 W's and 1 H Approach

TL;DR

This study analyzes web behavior data across OECD countries to understand the emergence of online learning using the 5 W's and 1 H framework, providing insights into perceptions, queries, and behaviors related to E-learning 3.0.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach of using Semantic Web behavior data and the 5 W's and 1 H framework to interpret online learning emergence across multiple countries.

Findings

Identifies key public perceptions and behaviors related to online learning.

Provides a dataset of web behavior data for 38 countries.

Highlights the role of Semantic Web in E-learning adoption.

Abstract

The rise of the Internet of Everything lifestyle in the last decade has had a significant impact on the increased emergence and adoption of online learning in almost all countries across the world. E-learning 3.0 is expected to become the norm of learning globally in almost all sectors in the next few years. The pervasiveness of the Semantic Web powered by the Internet of Everything lifestyle is expected to play a huge role towards seamless and faster adoption of the emerging paradigms of E-learning 3.0. Therefore, this paper presents an exploratory study to analyze multimodal components of Semantic Web behavior data to investigate the emergence of online learning in different countries across the world. The work specifically involved investigating relevant web behavior data to interpret the 5 W's and 1 H - Who, What, When Where, Why, and How related to online learning. Based on studying the E-learning Index of 2021, the study was performed for all the countries that are member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The results presented and discussed help to interpret the emergence of online learning in each of these countries in terms of the associated public perceptions, queries, opinions, behaviors, and perspectives. Furthermore, to support research and development in this field, we have published the web behavior-based Big Data related to online learning that was mined for all these 38 countries, in the form of a dataset, which is avail-able at https://dx.doi.org/10.21227/xbvs-0198.