1. Introduction to Concept Maps Edward A. Fox and Rao Shen CS5604 Fall 2002 “Information Storage & Retrieval” Dept. of Computer Science Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

2. Outline PART I – Examples DL Educational Benefits Advancing Education Community Building, Sharing, Educational Resources, … PART II – What, Why, How What – Example Why – Knowledge, Teaching, Learning How - GetSmart

3. DL Educational Benefits include learning more meaningful concept maps teaching more suitable activities include could be involving since higher level include relationships

4. Advancing Education Community Building Digital Libraries Educational Resources Sharing through supported by

5. Community Building example NSDL NDLTD example CITIDEL thru ETD 2003 (Berlin) Training Trainers using ETD Guide National Projects (e.g, Australia, Germany, India, …) thru Manage- ment (see later)

6. Advancing Education Community Building Digital Libraries Educational Resources Sharing through supported by

7. Sharing (Examples) by researchers by teachers by students across roles Tech Reports NCSTRL (Computer Science) Reviews Courseware(see diagram) ETDs Portfolios example

8. Advancing Education Community Building Digital Libraries Educational Resources Sharing through supported by

9. Educational Resource (Benefits) – 1/2 More resources thru Better resources WWW Accessible Affordable Rewarded Quality Control Fitting to student needs Digital thru because thru Universal educ. DL Focused DLs from thru Buyers club Open Source Automation Awards Publication credit DL tools …

10. More resources thru Better resources AccessibleRewarded Quality Control Fitting to student needs Digital because thru DL tools Affordable Composition SmallerMalleability Interactivity Personalization Students select Easier to reuse makes thru supports … Educational Resource (Benefits) – 2/2

11. Community Building example NSDL example CITIDEL thru Manage- ment CITIDEL Collection Sources CITIDEL Collection Building thru from … Collection Tracks NSDL Serving Users leads to

12. CITIDEL Collection Sources metadata JERIC fulltext Experts’ finding aids IEEE-CS … include CSTCResearch Index ACM NEC’s data processed w. R.I. SIGCSE proceedings ACM DL include Borner’s info viz software repository NCSTRL

13. CITIDEL Collection Building thru aided by after using or thru using Submitting VIADUCT GetSmart Searching, Browsing Classifying Nominating Crawling Crawlifier thru Composing include after Creating include after

14. NSDL Tracks include CI (Core Integration) ServicesCollections Research CITIDELGetSmart Concept Maps include supports

15. NSDL Management are guides includes Standing Committees CI (Core Integration) Task Forces Policy Committee National Visiting Committee NSF Staff Community Services Technology Sustainability Educational Impact Content

16. NSDL Serving Users thru Organization Labeling Student Teacher Administrator Librarian Curricula Shared Intellectual Property EconomicsCommunity Commercial Metadata Funding: Initiating, Leveraging Volunteering: Leaders of Innovation part thru part Topical Categories Community Discussion Expert Selection

17. Outline PART I – Examples DL Educational Benefits Advancing Education Community Building, Sharing, Educational Resources, … PART II – What, Why, How What – Example Why – Knowledge, Teaching, Learning How - GetSmart

18. What are concept maps? Why concept maps? How to construct concept maps?

20. Why concept maps? Help effective teaching and effective learning Get smarter

22. How to construct concept maps? Use GetSmart tool

23. Summary PART I – Examples DL Educational Benefits Advancing Education Community Building, Sharing, Educational Resources, … PART II – What, Why, How What – Example Why – Knowledge, Teaching, Learning How - GetSmart