complexworld

Concept mapping

Click the image above to see Dr. Frieda Klotz of King's College Londo University discuss the use of Concept Mapping in teaching Classics. It might take a couple of minutes to download.

Concept Mapping software

Concept mapping tools are becoming increasingly important due to the capability of concept maps to represent the knowledge claims and to reveal the conceptual hierarchy and interconnections among the key concepts the domain-of-interest. Some computer tools for concept- or mind mapping.

	Inspiration Software, Inc. maker of Inspiration
	Axon Idea Processor 5.0 by Chan Bok
	CMap 2.0 for Macintosh fetch by gopher
	Decision Explorer (formerly called Graphics COPE) by Banxia Software
	SemNet Research Group maker of SemNet
	MindMan by Micheal Jetter
	CoCo Systems maker of VisiMap and InfoMap (Lite)
	Activity Map by Time/system Int.
	TextVision / TekstNet by Piet Kommers.
	SMART Ideas by SMART Technologies
	EGLE Magic (info by e-mail) maker of Mind Mapper [Mind Mapper fetch by ftp (approx. 300kb)]

Concept Maps, Meaningful Learning & Collaborative Knowledge Building

Cañas, A.J., G. Hill, R. Carff, N. Suri, J. Lott, T. Eskridge, G. Gómez, M. Arroyo, R. Carvajal (2004), CmapTools: A Knowledge Modeling and Sharing , In: Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Concept Mapping, A.J. Cañas, J.D. Novak, and F.M. González, Editors. 2004, Universidad Pública de Navarra: Pamplona, Spain. p. 125-133.

Environment

Cañas, A.J., R. Carff, G. Hill, M. Carvalho, M. Arguedas, T. C. Eskridge, J. Lott, R. Carvajal, (2005). Concept Maps: Integrating Knowledge and Information Visualization. In: Knowledge and Information Visualization: Searching for Synergies, S.-O. Tergan, and T. Keller, Editors. Heidelberg / New York: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Coffey, J. W., R. Hoffman, A. J. Cañas and K. M. Ford, (2002). Concept Map-Based Knowledge Modeling Approach to Expert Knowledge Sharing, IKS 2002- The IASTED International Conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing, November 2002, Virgin Islands.

Coffey, J.W., M. J. Carnot, P. J. Feltovich, J. Feltovich, R. R. Hoffman, J. Cañas, J. D. Novak, (2003). A Summary of Literature Pertaining to the Use of Concept Mapping Techniques and Technologies for Education and Performance Support, Technical Report submitted to the Chief of Naval Education and Training, Pensacola, FL.

Novak, J.D. (1998) Learning, Creating and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps™ in Schools and Corporations. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Novak, J.D. (1996) Learning How to Learn. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.

Novak, J.D. & Canas, A. J. (2005). The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct Them: Technical Report IHMC CmapTools 2006-01. Pensacola, FL: Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC).

Novak, J.D. & Cañas, A.J. (forthcoming). The Origins of the Concept Mapping Tool and the Continuing Evolution of the Tool. To appear, Information Visualization Journal.