A Concept Map Extractor Tool for Teaching and Learning

This work presents a tool to help concept mapspsila design process. This tool was developed to organize contents from thematic modules of a course, applying concept maps techniques. In this tool, teachers can build their own concept maps based in textual reference documents. Teachers also can use a visual editor to design maps and linking learning objects to concepts. Students can access learning objects and make their own notes in their own concept maps improving teaching and learning process. The concept map extractor is an algorithm based in text mining techniques for term extraction. This algorithm extracts relevant terms that can be considered concepts or links, making agile the concept map building process.