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Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes
(1998).
Abstract
The Concept Navigator was first planned during the development of a new first-year undergraduate introductory computing course in the Maths and Computing Faculty of the Open University. The creation of this course prompted a discussion about the function and potential of glossaries in giving a coherent overview of the terms and concepts of a subject area. The Web-based Concept Navigator glossary tool was conceived as a generic tool allowing course authors and learners to engage easily in a process of "concept tracking": getting to grips with terms and concepts, checking how they have been used in course materials, and being able to locate them at a later date. It is capable of tracking each concept (represented by one or more terms) as it develops and sometimes changes meaning within a set of texts. It makes it possible to create glossary entries very simply, and dynamically generates Web pages with three types of glossary structure: an alphabetical listing, a conceptual glossary, and the concept navigator proper.
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- Item ORO ID
- 57085
- Item Type
- Conference or Workshop Item
- ISBN
- 3-85403-120-3, 978-3-85403-120-8
- Keywords
- glossary; conceptual understanding; distance education; terminology; online materials; learning design; module design; course design; computing
- Academic Unit or School
- Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
- Copyright Holders
- © 1998 The Author
- Depositing User
- Agnes Kukulska-Hulme