I am thinking of starting with CMap this Fall, to get my feet wet with researching a specific form of collaboration (where you and several team members each build your own maps, then you each survey the other members' maps and reflect on the differences, then you are guided to create a collaborative map that has contributions in different colors or shapes.
If we can't get a universal open code license from CMap, then we'll go for VUE, but we'll have good ideas based on these early CMAP efforts on what we need to develop On 4-Sep-08, at 12:08 PM, Carlos Celorrio wrote: > Hi, > > Our group have been extending a collaborative concept mapping tool > developed by the Vasque Country University. It has connection with > the ENLACE LOR and any object of the repository can be attached to > concepts based on metadata. I think it could be changed easily to > work with ROOLO. However, the problem is that this tool is not open > source and even is not only ours, the code belongs to the Vasque > Country University. I will ask for more details about how > 'shareable' the code is to the member of our group that has been > working on this tool. > > Carlos > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Anthony Perritano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > Carlos Enlace group has a great concept mapping tool. it uses the > Enlace LOR as the backend. I am sure that it can be modified to > communicate with the Roolo. It has a nice interface for adding meta- > data to nodes. > > i think this option should be heavily considered. > > -Tony > > > > > On [Aug 29], at 8:02 AM, Jim Slotta wrote: > >> Hi ROOLO (and Intermedia!) >> >> I hope everyone is well, and you are considering possibly joining a >> SAIL/ROOLO retreat here in Ontario on Oct. 16-19 (tentative). >> >> Meanwhile, a small group of us, including one researcher at UC >> Berkeley and one researcher here in Toronto, are aiming to develop >> a java-based concept mapping tool that connects to SAIL, ROOLO, etc. >> >> The goal is to have concepts that link to objects, which in my case >> will be wiki pages that are semantically meta-tagged (e.g., a >> student does a query using a SAIL pod to find all the pages in the >> wiki (our "knowledge base") that are tagged with a certain set of >> meta tags, and that query calls up the mapping tool, with a set of >> "concept nodes" that are basically links to the wiki pages, and may >> contain links in the map that reflect other shared semantic tags. >> This tool would be collaborative, in that two or more students can >> create a common map, and edits it with permissions. It may include >> their joint wiki permissions in their queries. >> >> We have started an ENCORE collaboration on this tool, and we aim to >> use it in late November or early December. >> >> Below there is a summary of two tools that we are considering >> starting with: CMAP (which already has some collaboration service, >> although it is only "open code" not open source) and VUE (which is >> eagerly open source and wants to build community.) >> >> I'm writing to find out if there are other options that we should >> be considering - particularly open source ones, and particularly >> collaboration-oriented ones). Also, if you are interested in >> jointly exploring this, in the goals of SCY? >> >> Thanks - and I'm sorry I won't see you in Germany - that meeting >> was just too difficult for my October schedule, with teaching >> starting up, and another trip already scheduled. >> >> Let me know what you think. >> >> Jim S. >> ps - Carlos - I am sorry to learn of the air crash that caused so >> many losses to Espana - I'm glad to hear you weren't involved >> personally! >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Matt Fishbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: August 28, 2008 12:52:24 PM GMT-04:00 >>> To: Jim Slotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Cc: Beat Schwendimann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Doug >>> Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Breitbart <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >, Rokham Sadeghnezhadfard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mike >>> tissenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hedieh Najafi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> Subject: Re: concept mapping tool - specifying, etc. >>> >>> Hey Jim, >>> >>> I definitely recommend that your team explore C-Map and VUE as you >>> get rolling on this project. Both have some well established >>> features that could save you a lot of time, especially when >>> setting up the core functionality of simply being able to >>> intuitively and quickly lay out the elements of a concept map. >>> >>> Summary of each tool: >>> >>> C-Map specializes in collaboration and assessment tools, including >>> manual or auto-assessment. The interface is simple/clean and >>> allows you to very quickly lay out a concept map. >>> Beat has been the lead person talking with them and he's close to >>> setting up the contract that will allows UC Berkeley access to the >>> source code. >>> The C-Map team seems OK with non-profit extensions to their code, >>> but it is not a full-fledge open source project. >>> BEAT: please send contact information to Jim. I'll bet that >>> Toronto will have to sign their own contract if they want access >>> to the source code. >>> >>> VUE (http://vue.tufts.edu) specializes in "structuring, >>> presenting, and sharing digital information." It has a polished >>> interface and also allows quick layout of a concept map (not quite >>> as fast as C-Map.) >>> I just had a long conversation with their director of outreach >>> last week. Basically, in their final 1.5 years of funded >>> development they are improving and extending the presentation >>> features, including connections to RSS feeds and more. They are >>> not pursuing assessment and peer-review features, which is what we >>> wanted for a WISE 3.0 concept map tool. The VUE project is going >>> fully open source and their stated desire is to foster community >>> development of the tool in the years ahead. In fact, they seem >>> eager to collaborate, which is always a nice thing. >>> >>> My contact for VUE is: >>> >>>> Paul Giguere, Ed.D. >>>> Director of Distance Learning >>>> Assistant Professor, Tufts University >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> tel: +1 617-636-3750 >>>> skype: (paulgiguere) or +1 617-606-3319 >>> >>> >>> I'll write Paul and let him know that folks from Univ. of Toronto >>> want to talk. Sound good? >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Matt Fishbach >>> UC Berkeley WISE/TELS Technology Consortium >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ><((((º> ~~ ><((((º> ~~ ><((((º> ~~ ><((((º> ~~ ><((((º> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 28, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Jim Slotta wrote: >>> >>> ok - we need to have a concept mapper by >>> >>> We want to use it for purposes of >>> >>> 1. diagnosis and assessment >>> 2. as a tool for planning and organizing presentations >>> 3. as a dynamic index into our knowledge base (e.g., you do a >>> query and it returns a set of wiki pages that are actually >>> concepts to be sorted into a map, deleted, etc) >>> >>> We need this by early November. We would be happy to use C-Map >>> but if we don't hear about it within a week or two, we'll have to >>> go a different way. >>> >>> If you want to send me the phone number of someone to call, or if >>> you have a number and want to call them - lets get on it. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On 27-Aug-08, at 6:50 PM, Beat Schwendimann wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> It's great to see the project to get a concept mapping tool >>>> started! >>>> >>>> I suggest to add Matt Fishbach and Doug Kirkpatrick to this list >>>> and >>>> Encore. Could somebody do that? >>>> >>>> In the attachment, I am sending an outline for a concept mapping >>>> tool >>>> Matt and I created. It describes the features we would like to >>>> see in >>>> a concept mapping tool in WISE3 (peer-review collaboration, >>>> auto-grading, etc.) >>>> >>>> I already contacted two different groups about a possible >>>> collaboration. >>>> -TUFTS: They develop a concept mapper called VUE. They are very >>>> interested in a collaboration and their code is open source. >>>> However, >>>> their program development focuses on using concept maps as a >>>> presentation tool. They do not have any collaboration >>>> functionality. >>>> Check it out at http://vue.tufts.edu/ >>>> -IHMC: In my opinion, CMAP is the best non-commercial concept >>>> mapping >>>> tool available. It is a client-run java application. I contacted >>>> the >>>> head of the group, Alberto Canas, and I am currently waiting for >>>> him >>>> to send me a waiver document that allows us get their source code. >>>> Cmap is very strong on the collaboration side and it is possible to >>>> set up our own cmap-server. Check it out at http://cmap.ihmc.us/ >>>> I'll keep you posted as soon as I made progress. >>>> >>>> I am looking forward to hear from you all soon. >>>> Best, >>>> Beat >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Beat A. Schwendimann >>>> Doctoral Student >>>> University of California, Berkeley >>>> Graduate School of Education >>>> 4523 Tolman Hall >>>> Berkeley, CA 94720 >>>> <W3 Concept Map Use Cases 061308.doc> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAIL-Dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SAIL-Dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
