Ontologies in educational process management

In the educational processes of universities, the ontological approach is used in the management of curricula, to describe the subject areas of the academic disciplines programs, to assess the knowledge of students. The article discusses the ways of using ontologies in teaching and provides an example of an ontological approach to managing the educational process. The process area "Preparation for the reporting event" was selected as part of the research seminar for graduate students. Based on the results of a three-year experiment, an update was proposed to the original domain model associated with the “Teacher” entity. The resulting changes have a positive effect on the practice of the educational process both for the teacher (improving qualifications and motivation) and for students (increasing academic performance and involvement). Conclusions are formulated about the usefulness of the proposed method and its prospects, about the possibility of expanding the scope of the study by performing a further analysis of educational processes and using the results presented in the article.