A Study on the Use of Concept Maps in Web Based Learning

This paper presents a study on the use of Concept Maps in Web based learning. At the onset a detailed literature survey is presented discussing the web learning systems developed by various researchers using Concept Maps from Personalized and Collaborative application point of view. A framework is then proposed defining the environment, applications and goals of these web based learning systems. Two practical examples from Computer Science and Engineering education are next used to illustrate generation of concept maps within this framework. This framework is found to be supported by the educational taxonomy proposed in cognitive learning domain. Although concepts maps have been used in a variety of applications, there are still some areas in which their application has not been explored. Some of these are next discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion on some of the limitations of concept map. Keywords—Web based Learning, Concept Map, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Cognitive Learning, Personalized learning, Collaborative learning.