Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Broad Picture 1.2 Hypothesis and Aim 1.3 The Practical Questions and Values 1.4 Methodology 1.5 Book Outline Chapter 2 Humans and Learning 2.1 Theoretical Basis 2.2 Instructional Approaches 2.3 Individualized Creation of Educational Processes 2.4 Individualized Control of Educational Processes Chapter 3 Computers and Education 3.1 Introduction to E-Learning 3.2 Open Source Virtual Learning Environments 3.3 Semantic Web and Ontology 3.4 Main Standards 3.5 Three Scenarios of Existing E-Learning Systems 3.6 The Technical Problems Chapter 4 A Schema-Driven Approach Using Semantic Web and Ontology 4.1 Definitions 4.2 The Deriving of Schema-Driven Approach 4.3 Why Select the Semantic Web 4.4 Problems of Existing Approaches in the Semantic Web 4.5 A Schema-Driven Approach 4.6 The Theoretical Representation of Approach in E-Learning Chapter 5 Design a Schema-Driven Approach 5.1 The Technical Framework of Approach 5.2 A Schema-Driven Management System 5.3 A Schema-Driven Distributed Database Management System 5.4 Databases of Schema, Ontology, and Metadata 5.5 An Application of Schema-Driven Approach in E-Learning Chapter 6 Design a Flexible Virtual Learning Environment 6.1 Description of a Flexible VLE 6.2 The Allocation of System Components to Users 6.3 Design a Learning Process Management System Chapter 7 Implement a Flexible Virtual Learning Environment 7.1 Selection of Development Tool 7.2 Describe and Assemble the Semantics in E-Learning 7.3 Individualized Control of Education Processes 7.4 Version Management and Concurrency Control Chapter 8 Evaluation 8.1 A Case Study 8.2 Results 8.3 Findings Chapter 9 Conclusions 9.1 Contributions 9.2 Reflection on the Process 9.3 Reflection on the Methodology 9.4 Further Work Appendix A: List of Flowcharts