64ET2409: Communications

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64ET2409 Communications

• Mind Maps and Concept Maps

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Whats the difference?

• In general, Mind Maps have one central concept
• Concept Maps can be made up of many concepts
• A mind map can be represented as a tree, whereas
  a concept map may need a network representation

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Mind Maps

• Developed by Tony Buzan in the 1960s
• A graphical method for communicating associated
  ideas
• Often created around a single word
• Often used in business and education to reflect
  ideas produced during brain-storming
• Can also be a useful note-taking method
• Used to generate and structure ideas

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Mind Maps 2

• Can be useful in planning organisational tasks
• Good for creative problem solving
• Format information in a way that your mind finds
  easy to remember and quick to review
• Illustrate the relative importance of individual
  points, and how facts relate to one another

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Drawing a Mind Map

• Write the title of the subject you're exploring
  in the centre of the page, and draw a circle
  around it
• Add main branches to your diagram to represent
  each of the areas of the topic being studied, or
  its related topics
• Add sub-branches to the hierarchy, using
  different colour
• Continue to add further sub-branches to
  sub-branches if appropriate

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Tips

• Best hand drawn
• Use pictures to represent themes and concepts
• Make branches different colours and/or shapes
• The branches should be
• Bold
• Bright
• Colourful
• Use clear and memorable labels, preferably in
  colour
• You should include as many aids to recall as
  possible, such as pictures and key words

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Use of Mind Maps

• Brainstorming (without prioritising)
• Note taking
• Summarising
• General clarifying of thoughts

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Tips

• Use single words or simple phrases for better
  impact and less clutter
• Use colour to separate ideas helps to organise
  ideas
• Use symbols or images where appropriate can be
  easier to remember than words
• Cross-link ideas from one part of the map to
  another

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Concept Maps

• Developed by Prof. Joseph D. Novak at Cornell
  University in the 1960s
• Diagrams that represent organised knowledge
• Show relationships between concepts, ideas,
  words, etc
• Similar to Mind Maps, but tend to be more
  hierarchical
• Relationships between concepts can be shown with
  phrases like derives from, gives rise to, is
  required by, results in or contributes to

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Terminology

• Nodes or cells contain a concept, item, or
  question
• Links are lines to explain the relationships
  between the nodes
• Concepts are records of events/actions/objects
• Concept-link-concept triples form propositions
• Propositions are meaningful statements about an
  object or event/action
• Propositions are often called units of meaning

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Organisation

• Concepts are organised hierarchically
• More general concepts at the top, less general
  below
• Concepts are shown in circles or boxes
• Relationships between concepts shown with lines
• Words on linking lines show relationships between
  the concepts

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Cross-links

• An important characteristic
• Show how a concept in one domain of knowledge on
  the map is related to a concept in another domain
  shown on the map
• e.g. the proposition Perceived Regularities or
  Patterns begin with Infants is cross-linked to
  the proposition Creativity begins with Infants

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Meaningful learning

• Concepts maps originally designed to promote
  meaningful learning
• Meaningful learning requires
• Material must be conceptually clear, presented in
  language and with examples that can be related to
  learners prior knowledge
• Learner must posses relevant prior knowledge
• Learner must want to learn meaningfully
• Concept maps help to support the incorporation of
  new meanings into prior knowledge

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About Concept Maps
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Use of Concept Maps

• Generating ideas/brain storming
• Organising/prioritising key concepts
• Study aid Integrate new into existing knowledge
• Exploring relationships between concepts/ideas
• Creating associations
• Clarifying/simplifying complexity
• Knowledge capture expert knowledge an
  organisation might wish to preserve and share
  with others

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Videos

• Videos on how to create and use mind maps (by
  Tony Buzan) are available at
• http//www.imindmap.com/videos/