Using knowledge awareness support learning services providing in e-learning environment

The distribution of all kinds of resources in e-learning environment requires more conscious learning services for learners' personal or collaborative learning. Satisfying personalized needs on knowledge contents and recommending the most potential knowledge collaborators for effective collaboration are regarded as the two most significant learning services. This paper proposes to use Knowledge Awareness (KA) to support learning services providing focused on Personalization and Collaboration in e-learning space. This paper presents a three-dimensional KA model, illustrates a KA-supported learning services providing mechanism, and also provides a simple case study.