Learning about the semantic web in an information systems oriented curriculum: A case study

Semantic Web technologies are pushing forward the on-going revolution towards Web 3.0 and the semantic Internet of Things. This strong movement must be supported by an adequate educational offer in the IT curriculum of higher education programs, able to fulfill the increasing demand of semantic-oriented job requests expected in the next year. This paper presents a case study about teaching a Master’s course entitled “Laboratory in software design and development – Semantic Technologies”. A detailed description of the curriculum, which can be easily repurposed, the rationale underlying the choice of content and the software tools used are presented. The main lessons learnt from this experience are also informed by a qualitative analysis of the work that the students were able to produce.