• DocumentCode
    3079361
  • Title

    Identifying Meaningful Concept Map Elements from a Cultural Perspective

  • Author

    Calvo, Isidro ; Arruarte, Ana ; Elorriaga, Jon A. ; Larranaga, Mikel ; McCalla, Gord

  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    15-18 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    250
  • Lastpage
    252
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2013.77
  • Filename
    6601920