Educational exploration based on conceptual networks generated by students and Wikipedia linkage

We propose a new educational framework for educational exploration based on conceptual networks generated and explored by students supplied with Wikipedia linkage. In the first experimental setup we had a group of students (n=103) to create high-frequency lists of words and links between words, and in the second experimental setup we had another group of students (n=49) to explore a subsection of hyperlink network of the Wikipedia corresponding to conceptual networks generated by students in the first experimental setup. We report findings based on comparison of word lists and conceptual networks generated by students, vocabulary ranking of British National Corpus, hyperlink network structure of the Wikipedia and exploration paths of students in the hyperlink network of the Wikipedia. After traversing 20 hyperlink steps each student could recall on average about 33,1 percent of unique shown concepts and on average 64,8 percent of unique selected concepts which seems to indicate that exploration in hyperlink network can support adoption of new knowledge.