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Home >Training > Course "Teaching
and Learning with Concept Maps"
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Professional development courses for
teachers and lecturers
Knowledge management
methods and strategies for learning and teaching
Teaching
and learning with concept maps
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Main receivers (list without order of priority):
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teachers of any educational level |
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special needs teaching assistants |
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students of qualification courses for teaching |
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students of schools of
education |
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educators of professional courses |
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cognitive psychologists and related
professions |
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principals of educational institutions
interested in the promotion and valorization of their own centers |
Characteristics of the course:
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Maximum number of trainees: 20 |
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Start date: On request
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Duration: 14 weeks (in two parts) |
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Necessary mean time: Four hours a week |
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Language:
English |
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Modality: E-Learning |
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Schedule: Free, at your own pace
and at your own place |
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Course type: Professional
development |
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Presentation format: Knowledge
bases, concept maps and texts |
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Tutoring: Direct 1:1 chat with
tutor on request; eventually, group discussions; e-mail exchange
with tutors; question / answer. |
To take
this course,
specific
computer knowledge is not required, only being a computer user and being
interested in learning and teaching technologies. |
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Why must I take
this course?
1. For
my professional development.
2. To
acquire better teaching methods.
3. To
comply with the principle of least effort, maximum
relaxation and best results.
4. It is an investment in
my career
This course wants to
give educators the opportunity to acquire the
essential tools for using knowledge technologies in education,
using this educational tool at its full power.
The course avails of practical
exercising with the software Knowledge Master, of which a
free temporary license is comprised in the course fee. |
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Course
units |
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Unit
Topics |
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Topics
in Part I |
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Preliminary: How to activate KM
and course resources |
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1. Introduction to technology and
basic principles
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Work mode. Introduction to knowledge
representation technology principles. Different kinds of maps:
diagram, cognitive maps, mind maps, concept maps, semantic networks.
Basic issues. |
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2. The approach to technology and
the creation of the first maps
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Creating maps from templates or from scratch. |
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3. The expression of contents:
concepts
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Representation of contents. Identification
of contents, definition of context, concept types (categories or roles);
instances of concepts. |
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4. Knowledge representation:
relations
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Knowledge representation in map
structure (logic and verbalization). Structure and connectivity;
propositions; relations and relation types. Graphical style of
arrows |
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5. The well done map
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Conceptualization. Correct
identification of map components: concepts, relations, context.
Updating the map from a digital text. Propositional export. |
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6. Profiting from the rules of
visual perception
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Basic principles of perception. Development
of connectivity without affecting visual perception. The
dimensions or layers, visual and logical resource. The most
relevant concepts. |
7. The complete map: coursework
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Summarization of topics and course
assessment tasks. |
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Topics in Part II |
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Unit
Topics |
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1. "Reading the map"; semantic
search and paths
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Navigation of the map. Semantic search
and semantic paths, reasoning and analysis tools. Examples of
navigation and searching. |
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2. Analyzing and searching in
concept maps
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Local and global text search, an informational resource.
Searching by classes, representation validity control. Searching
in Internet, the cognitive guide for the personal WEB.
Structured
export: how to build text documents from map contents. |
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3. Export and exchange tools
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Collaboration and distance
learning: map export and presentation in external formats.
Electronic mail. Using Internet. |
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4. Multimedia in the map.
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Multimodal interface and knowledge
structure. The intelligent use of voice in the map. The
cognitive association between multimedia and the map. Spell
check and contents translation. |
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5. Teaching with concept maps
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Teaching with concept maps:
revealing the map development, the active presentation of
contents. Procedural knowledge and conceptual knowledge: using
paths and other resources. Metacognitive education. Facilitating
the deep understanding of a subject. |
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6. Learning with concept maps
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Interactivity, participation and
responsibility. Multimodal interface: logical and linguistic
stimulus; visual and auditive stimulus; perception and
motivation = active participation. Tutorial functions and
searching. Effects on some disabilities or special needs. |
7. Map assessment and assessing
with the map
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Assessment and learning symptoms.
Quantitative and qualitative map assessment. "Written" work and
map (creation, modification and analysis) based oral
examinations. Discussing a map. |
PW Project work: final
coursework |
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Do you
want to write a thesis? |
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Statement
of interest |
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