Knowledge cartography for open sensemaking communities
| Published | May 2008 |
| Type of work | JIME Special Issue: Researching open content in education |
| Journal | Journal of Interactive Media in Education Volume 1, Issue 10, Pages 1-18 |
| Editor | McAndrew, Patrick |
ABSTRACT
Knowledge Cartography is the discipline of visually mapping the conceptual structure of ideas, such as the connections between issues, concepts, answers, arguments and evidence. The cognitive process of externalising one’s understanding clarifies one’s own grasp of the situation, as well as communicating it to others as a network that invites their contributions. This sensemaking activity lies at the heart of the Open Educational Resources movement’s objectives. The aim of this paper is to describe the usage patterns of Compendium, a knowledge mapping tool from the OpenLearn OER project, using quantitative data from interaction logs and qualitative data from knowledge maps, forums and blog postings. This work explains nine roles played by maps in OpenLearn, and discusses some of the benefits and adoption obstacles, which motivate our ongoing work.| Keywords | knowledge mapping · open content · sensemaking |
| Language | eng |
| ISSN | 1365-893X |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | by/3.0 |
| DOI | 10.5334/2008-10 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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