Electronic Concept Mapping
by Oleg Nurmuradov
1. Positives of using
1.1. Lots of information can be easily organized
1.2. You can easily edit the information
1.3. Assess how well students see the big picture
1.4. Provide Visually appealing knowledge
1.5. force students to make valid connections among concepts
1.6. Easy access at any time
1.7. Allows for easy creativity
2. Negative of using
2.1. idiosyncratic
2.2. Evaluation can become more time-consuming
2.3. concept maps can be intimidating
2.4. is a demanding cognitive task that requires training
2.5. tough to show creativity if you aren't tech savy
2.6. Difficult to compare across students
2.7. Difficult to obtain objective judgment on abilities