Fostering Concept Maps Awareness as a Means to Learning

A concept map is a visual representation of concepts as nodes and of relationships between concepts as edges as a diagram consisting of nodes linked with each other. Concept maps support the learning process inasmuch that they make learners aware of their own progresses. We propose a game-like e-learning tool named Termina to be used for assessing learners´ progresses using which learners can build up their own concept maps and compare them with that of the learners´ community. Deploying Termina within the audience of a university course yields snapshots of the concept maps built while participating in the lecture for both each student as well as for the student´s community. These concept maps are build from the associations that the students provide through participating in Termina sessions. Learners profit from the concept maps´ availability, learn from their fellows and can track their learning process. Lecturers gain insights into the knowledge and ignorance of their students.