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P.Anup Krishna

Department of Futures Studies

Mphil 2014-2015

Seminar Presentation

By

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What does it mean when you say,I understand?....

Does it mean the same thingto you that it does to another student or to

the professor?..

How can you demonstrate you

understanding to others?

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Introduction

Technique to represent knowledge in graphs.

It is a diagram to depict suggested

relationships between concepts.

It is a graphical tool designers, engineers use to

organize and structure knowledge

Developed by Joseph D. Novak at Cornell

University in the 1970s

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Concepts

Cause a picture to form in your mind

e.g. Dog, Tree, Stone

Are represented in differentlanguages by words/terms

Words are labels for concepts

Are based on your prior experience

and knowledge

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Linking Words

Connect concepts to form propositions

Propositions are statements (not necessarily

complete sentences) that make sense

e.g., Thedog is playing.

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Components

Nodesrepresent concepts.

Links represent relations between concepts.

Arrow heads indicate direction.

Labels on the links describe the nature of therelationship.

Combined, these three components createpropositions or meaningful statements

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BacteriaPneumonia

Antibiotics

Caused by

A Mini Concept Map

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Identify the key concepts

(Brainstorming)

Rank the concepts from general to

specific. Put general concepts at thetop or in the center. (Organize,

Layout)

Connect the concepts using linkingwords. (Linking)

Make cross links between concepts

(Revising , Finalizing)

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Concept Map Notations

Unidirectional Relationship

Bidirectional Relationship

Concept Linking verb Concept

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Concept Map Structures

Hierarchical

You can structure your map hierarchically by placing

the most inclusive, most general concept(s) at the

top and less important concepts at the bottom(Figure 1).

Non-Hierarchical

You may also create a non-hierarchical network. In

this case, there is no super ordinate concept; the

map is structured like a web (Figure 2)

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Figure 1

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Non Hierarchical Structure

Figure 2

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Overcomes ambiguities in verbal communication

Avoids forcing consensus

Embraces diversity

Refocus dialogue on the right issues

Allows for emergent ideas

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Used to stimulate the generation of ideas, and arebelieved to aid creativity

Used for brain-storming

Used to communicate complex ideas

Used in software design

Note taking and summarizing

Improving language ability

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Inspiration

Axon Idea Processor 5.0

CMap 2.0 for Macintosh

Decision Explorer

SemNet

MindManVisiMap and InfoMap (Lite)

Activity Map

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Thank You