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Concept Mapping

Concept Mapping. Presenters: Andre Daniels Clint Braaf. Objective. Introduction to creating Concept Maps using the CMaptool. What are concept maps.

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Concept Mapping

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  1. Concept Mapping Presenters: Andre Daniels Clint Braaf

  2. Objective Introduction to creating Concept Maps using the CMaptool

  3. What are concept maps • Concept maps are tools for organizing and representing knowledge. They include concepts, usually enclosed in circles or boxes of some type, and relationships between concepts or propositions, indicated by a connecting line between two concepts. Words on these lines can be used to specify the nature of the relationships between different concepts. http://www.smallstock.info/info/mindmap.htm

  4. Application • to generate ideas (e.g. brain storming) • to design a complex structure • to communicate complex ideas • to illustrate the relationships between different components or processes • to aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge • to assess understanding • or diagnose misunderstanding

  5. Concept map on Concept Mapping

  6. A mind map

  7. Difference between mindmap and concept mapping

  8. Advantages • Concept maps provide an elegant, easily understood representation of an expert’s domain knowledge

  9. Steps in Constructing Concept Maps • Select or Focus on a theme and then identify related key words or phrases. What is the central word, concept, question or problem around which to build your diagram or concept map? What are the concepts, ideas, descriptive words or important questions that you can associate with the main concept, topic, question or problem? • Rank the concepts (key words) from the most abstract and inclusive to the most concrete and specific. • Cluster concepts that function at similar level of abstraction and those that interrelate closely. • Arrange concepts in a diagrammatic representation.

  10. Steps cont’d • Add linking lines and where appropriate label lines with a qualifying word or phrase. • Groups of people can work together on a concept map - this is a good way to "brainstorm" a problem or idea. This technique can also be used in participatory approaches.

  11. References • Cañas, A.J., Leake, D.B. and Wilson, D.C. Managing, Mapping and Manipulating Conceptual Knowledge. AAAI Workshop Technical Report WS-99-10: Exploring the Synergies of Knowledge Management & Case-Based Reasoning, AAAI Press, Menlo Calif, (July 1999). • http://www.smallstock.info/info/mindmap.htm

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