BUILDING ON NEW CONSTRUCTIVIST IDEAS AND CMAPTOOLS TO CREATE A NEW MODEL FOR EDUCATION 1 (2009)
A. J. Cañas, J. D. Novak, F. M. González, Joseph D. Novak, Alberto J. Cañas
www.ihmc.us There is today almost universal agreement that every learner must construct her/his own knowledge structure, or cognitive structure, through her/his own efforts. The commitment to...
RANKING CONCEPT MAP RETRIEVAL IN THE CMAPTOOLS NETWORK (2008)
A. J. Cañas, J. D. Novak, Thomas C. Eskridge, Adrián Granados, Alberto J. Cañas
www.ihmc.us Abstract. Concept maps are very good at organizing knowledge about a wide variety of subjects. However, they present some difficulties and opportunities when it comes to the retrieval of...
Ro Valerio, David Leake, Alberto J. Cañas
Concept-map-based knowledge models are widely used for knowledge capture and sharing. When libraries of concept maps are available, those concept maps can provide a useful context for understanding...
A Knowledge Exchange Architecture Based on Web Services, Concept Maps and CmapTools (2008)
A. J. Cañas, J. D. Novak, Alberto J. Cañas, Greg Hill, Larry Bunch, Roger Carff, ...
www.ihmc.us Abstract. The CmapTools program, and concept mapping in general, have seen a steady growth in usage in the last few years. With new users come new requirements and needs for the software...
AN ADVANCE ORGANIZER APPROACH TO DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE PRESENTATION (2008)
John W. Coffey, Alberto J. Cañas
The idea of the advance organizer was suggested by Ausubel (1968) well before hypermedia, distance learning initiatives, etc., became pervasive. Ausubel suggests that advance organizers might foster...
The Origins of the Concept Mapping Tool and the Continuing Evolution of the Tool 12 (2008)
Joseph D. Novak, Alberto J. Cañas
www.ihmc.us A research program at Cornell University that sought to study the ability of first and second grade children to acquire basic science concepts and the effect of this learning on later...
Eberle, Knowledge Modeling and the Creation of El-Tech: A Performance Support and Training (2008)
John W. Coffey, Alberto J. Cañas, Thomas Reichherzer, Greg Hill, Niranjan Suri, Roger Carff, ...
www.ihmc.us In this paper, we describe a unique approach to the creation of a system to provide electronic performance support and training for electronics technicians. This work starts with a survey...
CONCEPT MAPS APPLIED TO MARS EXPLORATION PUBLIC OUTREACH (2008)
A. J. Cañas, J. D. Novak, F. M. González, Geoffrey Briggs, David A. Shamma, Alberto J. Cañas, ...
Abstract. This paper describes CMEX Mars, an effort to create a comprehensive set of concept maps to describe all aspects of Mars exploration. These concept maps, created using the CmapTools software...
Building on New Constructivist Ideas and CmapTools to Create a New Model for Education 1 (2008)
Joseph D. Novak, Alberto J. Cañas
Abstract. There is today almost universal agreement that every learner must construct her/his own knowledge structure, or cognitive structure, through her/his own efforts. The commitment to building...
Theoretical Origins of Concept Maps, How to Construct Them, and Uses in Education (2007)
Joseph D. Novak; Florida Institute For Human And Machine Cognition (IHMC), Alberto J. Cañas; Florida Institute For Human And Machine Cognition (IHMC)
Concept maps, as we define them, are graphical tools for organizing and representing relationships between concepts indicated by a connecting line linking two concepts. Words on the line, referred to...
Pensum no lineal: una propuesta innovadora para el diseño de planes de estudio (2005)
Alberto J. Cañas, Eleonora Badilla Saxe
Pensum no lineal: una propuesta innovadora para el diseño de planes de estudio
Pensum No Lineal: Una propuesta innovadora para el diseño de planes de estudio (2005)
Cañas, Alberto J., Badilla Saxe, Eleonora
El propósito de este artículo, es presentar organizadores conceptuales (como el pensamiento complejo, el aprendizaje significativo y los mapas conceptuales) que, con la ayuda de organizadores...
Pensum No Lineal: Una propuesta innovadora para el diseño de planes de estudio (2005)
Cañas, Alberto J., Badilla Saxe, Eleonora
El propósito de este artículo, es presentar organizadores conceptuales (como el pensamiento complejo, el aprendizaje significativo y los mapas conceptuales) que, con la ayuda de organizadores...
Pensum No Lineal: Una propuesta innovadora para el diseño de planes de estudio (2005)
Cañas, Alberto J., Badilla Saxe, Eleonora
El propósito de este artículo, es presentar organizadores conceptuales (como el pensamiento complejo, el aprendizaje significativo y los mapas conceptuales) que, con la ayuda de organizadores...
Concept Maps: integrating knowledge and information visualization (2005)
Alberto J. Cañas, Roger Carff, Greg Hill, Marco Carvalho, Marco Arguedas, Thomas C. Eskridge, ...
Abstract. Information visualization has been a research topic for many years, leading to a mature field where guidelines and practices are well established. Knowledge visualization, in contrast, is a...
CmapTools: A Knowledge Modeling and Sharing Environment (2004)
A. J. Cañas, J. D. Novak, F. M. González, Alberto J. Cañas, Greg Hill, Roger Carff, ...
www.ihmc.us Abstract. Concept maps are an effective way of representing a person’s understanding of a domain of knowledge. Technology can further help by making it easy to construct and modify that...
CmapTools, Web Pages & Websites (2004)
Alberto J. Cañas, Rodrigo Carvajal, Roger Carff, Greg Hill
www.ihmc.us – cmap.ihmc.us
Mining The Web To Suggest Concepts During . . . (2004)
Alberto Canas, J. D. Novak, F. M. González, Alberto J. Cañas, Marco Carvalho, Marco Arguedas, ...
The most challenging aspect of constructing a concept map is not coming up with the list of concepts to include, but linking the concepts into meaningful propositions to create a coherent structure...
A Learning Environment Organizer to Support Computer-Mediated Instruction (2003)
John W. Coffey, Alberto J. Cañas
www.ihmc.us This paper contains a description of a network-based, Learning Environment Organizer entitled LEO, which takes its impetus from the Assimilation Theory of meaningful learning [1]. LEO...
Concept Maps: A Theoretical Note on Concepts and the Need for Cyclic Concept Maps (2003)
Frank Safayeni, Natalia Derbentseva, Alberto J. Cañas
This paper, theoretically, examines concepts, propositions, and establishes the need for and develops an extension to Concept Maps (CMaps) called Cyclic Concept Maps (Cyclic CMaps). The Cyclic CMap...
Using WordNet for word sense disambiguation to support concept map construction (2003)
Alberto J. Cañas, Ro Valerio, Juan Lalinde-pulido, Marco Carvalho, Marco Arguedas
www.eafit.edu.co Abstract. The construction of a concept map consists of enumerating a list of concepts and —a more difficult task — determining the linking phrases that should connect the...
The network architecture of CmapTools (2003)
Alberto J. Cañas, Greg Hill, Adrián Granados, Carlos Pérez, Juan David Pérez
www.ihmc.us
Using WordNet for word sense disambiguation to support concept map construction (2003)
Alberto J. Cañas, Ro Valerio, Juan Lalinde-pulido, Marco Carvalho
www.eafit.edu.co Abstract. The construction of a concept map consists of enumerating a list of concepts and —a more difficult task — determining the linking phrases that should connect the...
Using WordNet for word sense disambiguation to support concept map construction (2003)
Alberto J. Cañas, Ro Valerio, Juan Lalinde-pulido, Marco Carvalho, Marco Arguedas
www.eafit.edu.co Abstract. The construction of a concept map consists of enumerating a list of concepts and —a more difficult task — determining the linking phrases that should connect the...
Managing, mapping, and manipulating conceptual knowledge (1999)
Effective knowledge management maintains the knowledge assets of an organization by identifying and capturing useful information in a usable form, and by supporting refinement and reuse of that...
Managing, mapping, and manipulating conceptual knowledge (1999)
Effective knowledge management maintains the knowledge assets of an organization by identifying and capturing useful information in a usable form, and by supporting refinement and reuse of that...
The Giant: An Agentbased Approach to Knowledge Construction (1998)
Thomas R. Reichherzer, Alberto J. Cañas, Kenneth M. Ford, Patrick J. Hayes
The purpose of this paper is to report on a research project of a software agent, called the Giant, to support knowledge construction and sharing among learners. The Giant is embedded in an...
The Giant: A Classroom Collaborator (1998)
Thomas R. Reichherzer, Alberto J. Cañas, Kenneth M. Ford, Patrick J. Hayes
The purpose of this paper is to report on the research involved in the development of a software agent—the Giant — that collaborates with students in their construction and sharing of knowledge....
Knowledge construction and sharing in quorum (1995)
Alberto J. Cañas, Alberto J. Cañas, Kenneth M. Ford, Kenneth M. Ford, Patrick J. Hayes, Patrick J. Hayes, ...
The purpose of this paper is to report on a continuing research effort aimed at the design and development of large-scale international computer network connecting schools in at least ten countries...
Measuring the Effectiveness of Personal Database Structures (1986)
Darrell R. Raymond, Darrell R. Raymond, Alberto J. Cañas, Alberto J. Cañas, ...
The increasing proliferation of electronic billboards, hypertexts, and other informal electronic databases necessitates effective tools for personal data struc-turing. An experiment was conducted to...