Title: Concept maps: types, use, software Nadia Spang Bovey, Facult des Lettres RISET
1Concept maps types, use, softwareNadia Spang
Bovey, Faculté des Lettres - RISET
2Menu
- Introduction information visualization
- Why represent knowledge?
- Building the concept map basics (25 min.)
- Practicalities identifying a suitable software
(20 min.)
31 Information visualization
4Types of visual representations
- Data
- Information
- Concepts, ideas
- Strategy
- Metaphor
- Compound
PROCESS
STRUCTURE
5Types of maps
- Overview Ref www.visual-literacy.org
- Project USI/St-Gallen/Geneva/Fachhochschule
Nordwestschweiz
6Vocabulary
Mindmap
Concept map
Decision tree
Knowledge map
Argument map
System map
Semantic network
Causation map
Domain map
Flow chart
72 Why represent knowledge?
A highly individual decision
8Use in teaching and research
- Identifying relationships between concept makes
learning meaningful - Facilitates understanding, retention and recall
- Knowledge and reasoning are better structured
- Knowledge is processed and actively revised
- Provides cognitive amplification by filtering
- Allows for reflexive thinking, self-dialogue and
creative associations - Stimulates the exploration/resolution of
cognitive conflicts
9Contexts of use
- Constructed by student(s)
- taking notes
- comparison with peers
- organisation
- revising
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- Delivered by teacher
- presentation
- summary
- organisation
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- For ones own work
- identifying ideas and processes
- summary of previous knowledge
- organisation of documentation
- sharing and collaborating
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10Are you regularly drawing concept maps ?
What for ? Will someone give an example ?
113 - Building the concept map
A highly individual process
12Choice I Segmentation
is called a proposition
13Choice II - Coding
14http//savonlinnakampus.joensuu.fi/ahlberg/index.h
tm
15Choice III Hierarchy
Free form (network, system)
Tree form (central concept, clusters)
16How to make concept mapping a fruitful exercise
- Students need to produce maps the more they do
it, the better theyll understand the process. - Begin with a simple topic, using a small number
of concepts. - Work through example(s) with the group, modifying
the map where necessary. - Emphasize the importance of thinking about all
possible links. - Emphasize the importance of writing down the
nature of the links. - Emphasize that there is no single correct
answer often more than one appropriate link. - Emphasize the importance of using arrows and
their direction in describing the proposition.
From http//www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/johnson/misconcep
tions/ce/learn/concept_map.htm
174 - Practicalities
Information Design Taxonomy - KARABEG D, GUESCINI
R., Polyscopic Topic Maps-based Flexible and
Exploratory Learning, in IPSI TRANSACTIONS ON
ADVANCED RESEARCH, Vol 1, No 2, FALL 2005 , p 6
18How many of you use
MindManager or FreeMind ?
Inspiration ?
CMapTools ?
PersonalBrain ?
Compendium ?
Other software ?
19Types of software
Diagram and concept maps online tool
Concept map editor
Which one ?
Mindmapping software
Presentation software
Information organizer
20Concept map editors
- A concept map editor, like
- Commercial Inspiration (http//www.inspiration.c
om/ ) - multiplatform freeware CmapTools (http//cmap.ih
mc.us/) - Compendium (http//www.compendiuminstitute.org/)
- Vue (http//vue.uit.tufts.edu/)
- GNU GPL-licenced Conzilla (http//www.conzilla.o
rg/ ) in Java
21Inspiration 8
22CMapTools
23CMapTools
24Compendium
25Compendium
26VUE
27VUE
28Online tools
- Online diagram and concept mapping tools, like
- Gliffy (www.gliffy.com),
- Mind42 (http//www.mind42.com/)
- Comapping (http//comapping.com/)
- Mindomo (http//www.mindomo.com/)
- ExploraTree (http//www.exploratree.org.uk/)
- FlowChart (http//www.flowchart.com/)
- MindMeister (http//www.mindmeister.com/)
29Gliffy online
http//www.gliffy.com/publish/1044845/L
30Mind mapping software
- Freeware, like
- FreeMind (http//freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/in
dex.php/Main_Page) Thinkgraph (http//www.thinkgr
aph.com)
VYM - View Your Mind (http//www.insilmaril
.de/vym ) or Kdissert (http//freehackers.org/tna
gy/kdissert/) Linux only - Commercial software, like
- Inspiration (http//www.inspiration.com/)
MindManager (http//www.mindjet.com/) - MindGenius (http//www.mindgenius.com/)
Visual Mind (http//www.visual-mind.com/)
MindMapper (http//www.mindmapperusa.com/)
31Inspiration 8
32Information organizers
- PersonalBrain (http//www.thebrain.com/)
- InfoRapid KnowledgeMap (http//www.inforapid.de/ht
ml/knowledgemapeng.htm) - 3D TopicScape (http//www.topicscape.com/)
33PersonalBrain
34Inforapid KnowledgeMap
35Inforapid KnowledgeMap
363D TopicScape
37Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPointÂ
- OpenOffice Impress
and others, depending on your objective !
On the next slide, an example that could not
easily be achieved with the software mentioned
today
38R. E. Horn, Stanford Mapping Great Debates
http//www.macrovu.com/CCTGeneralInfo.html
39- Thank you for your attention !
- Any question ?
- Contact nadia.spangbovey_at_unil.ch