Learning mathematics requires students to work in an independent way which is particularly challenging for such an abstract subject. Advancements in technology and, taking the student as the focus of his own learning, led to a change of paradigm in the design and development of educational contents. In this paper we describe the first experience with an interactive feedback and assessment tool ...

In the video indexing framework, we have developed a user assistance system in order to define concept models (i.e semantic index) according to features automatically extracted from the video. Because the manual indexing is a long and tedious task, we propose to focus the user attention on pre-selected prototypes that a priori correspond to the searched concepts. The proposed system is decompos...

Concept map is a graphical representation of its creator’s knowledge structure, and it can be used as a tool for knowledge assessment. Even when considering only three factors – whether the structure, linking phrases and concept labels are given – there is a wide range of possible concept map-based tasks. Tasks with different demands allow assessing different aspects of knowledge, and thus, var...

Research in digital forensics has yet to focus on modeling case domain information involved in investigations. This paper shows how concept mapping can be used to create an excellent alternative to the popular checklist approach used in digital forensic investigations. Concept mapping offers several benefits, including creating replicable, reusable techniques, simplifying and guiding the invest...

This paper reports the use of quantitative and qualitative measures of university student learning during teaching in psychiatry. Concept mapping, pre-and post test scores and performance in written assignments were used to measure the quality of change in personal understanding and to show the ways that the knowledge-targets of the course were achieved. The data show that: (1) Concept mapping ...

Negotiation is a process that ranges from international issues to common society interactions. We present approaches to facilitate the process by exploring alternative spaces for this process. We base the approach on exploring alternative terminology that can resolve conflicts in the negotiation solution. Concept hierarchies can provide higher level concepts that can be used to obtain agreement...

Online learning environments address the educational objectives by putting the learner at the center of the educational experience. They do so by addressing many of the problems that traditional learning environments present. For example, students memorizing material and using repetition as a means of retaining that material is often used in the traditional learning environment. This method oft...

With the rapid growth of social media, there is increasing potential to augment traditional public health surveillance methods with data from social media. We describe a framework for performing public health surveillance on Twitter data. Our framework, which is publicly available, consists of three components that work together to detect health-related trends in social media: a concept extract...

This project aims at developing a rich environment that integrates music in order to reinforce learning. Fostering learning through music is based on the visualization of concept maps. This novelty approach relates the rhythm and melody of a song with the dynamic appearance of the concept map; this is carry out by changing some design properties of the elements that composed the concept map. We...

Mind maps have been used for many (including educational) purposes. Several tools are available for visualizing and creating those maps. However, evaluation and feedback is rarely available in such tools and thus, an important aspect of interactive exercises is missing. This paper presents the interactive concept map tool, ICMAP, that is integrated with the web-based learning environment ACTIVE...