Title :
Identifying Meaningful Concept Map Elements from a Cultural Perspective
Author :
Calvo, Isidro ; Arruarte, Ana ; Elorriaga, Jon A. ; Larranaga, Mikel ; McCalla, Gord
Abstract :
This paper presents a questionnaire based intercultural study carried out to identify the differences observed in people when individually interact with the CM-ED Concept Map Editor. Each participant interpreted and localised to his/her own culture a Concept Map (CM) about a sensitive topic. The aim of the study was to identify what visible elements of a CM are meaningful from a cultural perspective and should be treated in a CM editor.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; history; CM editor; CM-ED; concept map editor; cultural perspective; meaningful concept map elements; sensitive topic; Collaboration; Computers; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Global communication; Image color analysis; Visualization; Concept Map Editors; Concept Mapping; Multicultural Issues in Learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2013.77
