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Preliminary: An introduction
to knowledge technology with KM
[1 week]
Essential elements in a cognitive
map: concept, relation and proposition.
The multimodal interface in KM:
notions for an immediate operability
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1. Learning and knowledge
construction
[2 weeks]
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1-1
Learning and knowledge. |
Information processing and its multimodal integration.
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1-2 The
relationship between knowledge and its representation: the
metacognitive dialog |
Thinking and cognitive processes: cognitive manipulation of mental
representations
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2. Meaningful learning and the role
of education
[1 week]
Education: the
competence in learning cognitive process improvement and
acceleration
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3. Analyzing KM concept maps:
active and multimodal learning
[1 week]
From perception
to cognition, learning with active maps.
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4. Learning and its limits: main
deficit areas and their clinical evolution
[1 week]
Main areas of
cognitive functioning in which learning and processing may be
limited.
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5. Dyslexia and learning
[2 weeks]
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5-1 Characteristics of information
processing in dyslexics |
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Decoding meaning: text reading and
map "reading" compared. |
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5-2 Technology reachable
educational goals |
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Maps as instruments for visual
thinking development in dyslexics |
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6. Attention Deficit Disorder
(ADD) and learning
[1 week] |
Characteristics and cognitive style of people affected with ADD-H
Educational path:
progressive experiences with KM concept map functions.
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7.
Mental retardation and learning
[1 week] |
KM concept maps as cognitive
processes stimulation tool.
Effects on the mild mental retardation clinical picture.
Educational path: some specific proposals
for learning through the interaction with maps.
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Sensorial deficits and learning
[2 weeks ] |
8-1 Clinical picture and available
resources en KM cognitive technology for deafness.
Deafness clinical picture, including
paralinguistic deafness.
KM technology learning resources for people with auditive deficit
Educational paths: progressive experiences in leaning through the
interaction with cognitive maps
8-2 Amblyopia
clinical picture and available resources
Amblyopia clinical picture
KM mapping technology resources for learning of subjects with visual
deficit.
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9.
Autism and learning
[2 weeks] |
9-1 Characteristics of the autistic
student.
Central coherence theory, Hyperlexia. Theory
of Mind and autism. Asperger Syndrome and Highly Functional Autism.
9-2 Autistic children learning
Autistic
children learning is based on his own abilities and technology.
Collaborating with the autistic co-worker.
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10. Learning by constructing (or
interacting with) KM maps
[2 weeks]
10-1
Reliably representation of our own knowledge
Learning
process phases related to educational intervention phases.
The map development context: a concrete visual support for
cognitive subject handling |
10.2
The necessary cognitive processes for map construction
The conceptualization process.
From conceptualization to representation: from conceptual coherence to
graphical and logical coherence.
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11.
Experimenting map creation in education
[1 week] |
Creating
maps for different student typologies, starting from the same topic,
prepared by the educator.
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12. Learning assessment and
elements of meta-learning
[1 week] |
Because the maps are cognitive processes development tools, it's
possible to point out (and measure) special needs students advancements.