DocumentCode
668307
Title
Visual Representation: Enhancing Students´ Learning Engagement through Knowledge Visualization
Author
Yusoff, Z. ; Katmon, Siti Aminah ; Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir ; Miswan, Siti Hidayah Mohd
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Syst., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
fYear
2013
fDate
4-6 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
242
Lastpage
247
Abstract
The progress in learning technologies has generated new knowledge about visualizing learning content to enhance the teaching process in a learning environment. In current situations, students are less of understanding and focus their topic during learning session in a classroom. This articles sums up the concept of knowledge visualization as a visual representation approach to improve the knowledge transfer between teachers and students in order to ensure the learning engagement and improve student´s level of understanding in primary schools. In this article, the knowledge visualization frameworks are identified and adapted as tool of knowledge visualization to construct learning engagement among students. One of knowledge visualization tool, namely, interactive visualization, is chosen for the application of the hierarchical framework to show the adaptation of the tools in increasing student engagement during the learning process in primary schools.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; data visualisation; interactive systems; interactive visualization; knowledge transfer; knowledge visualization; primary school; students learning engagement; teaching process; visual representation; Animation; Cognitive science; Data visualization; Educational institutions; Knowledge management; Multimedia communication; Visualization; knowledge visualization; learning engagement; mental model; visual representation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Informatics and Creative Multimedia (ICICM), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kuala Lumpur
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICICM.2013.48
Filename
6702817
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