Organizing learning materials through hierarchical topic maps: an illustration through Chinese herb medication.

This research aims to use hierarchical topic maps to compile digital learning material and to discuss its design and application possibilities. The system renders tremendous original assets and then embeds a self-organizing map (SOM) in the material database to produce topical learning materials, as...

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Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 477 - 491
Autores principales: Shih B, Shih J, Chen R
Formato: equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2007
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          Shih J
          Chen R
        affil: Department of MIS, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan ;juling@mail.tku.edu.tw
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          Computer-Assisted Instruction
          Drugs, Chinese Herbal
          Colleges and Universities
          Education, Baccalaureate
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          Pharmacy and Pharmacology Education
          Questionnaires
          Software
          Student Satisfaction
          Students, College
          Summated Rating Scaling
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      ab: This research aims to use hierarchical topic maps to compile digital learning material and to discuss its design and application possibilities. The system renders tremendous original assets and then embeds a self-organizing map (SOM) in the material database to produce topical learning materials, as in this case, an illustration through Chinese herb medication. It helps to demonstrate robust professional information as well as knowledge structures, and provides a customized and interactive learning dynamic to support both progressive and constructive learning styles. The paper first gives a detailed procedural description of the material construction, explains how topic map techniques were applied, and observes the implications and potentials of the technology to education. Both the technical and educational evaluations of using SOM topic maps in compilation of learning materials have resulted in positive feedback. SOM allows users to review the complete databank in structural hierarchical order, which provides comprehensive understanding of the entire set of learning materials, and also brings opportunities to users to discover knowledge related to their study area.
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