Hello Listpeople,
I am currently working on my final project for my MSc Multimedia
Computing course in the UK and as an interested lurker on the list for
the last few months I would like to ask for your help.
OK - as they say on the Shampoo adverts "Here comes the science bit" :
The main body of the project involves developing a browser based viewer
(named CORAX) using Flash to display a specialised form of concept
diagram called a Knowledge Structure Map (KSM). KSM's are based upon the
concept of Learning Dependency i.e. in order to know knowledge component
C you must first know knowledge components A and B, in order to A you
may have to know J and X etc. There are more details about KSM's at
http://www.akri.org for those who are interested in the theory.
As an example useful map and as a main deliverable for the project I am
constructing a map based around the top level question "What do you need
to know in order to develop standards based websites using CSS and
XHTML" as I am particulary interested in this area and I feel that a KSM
displayed in the Corax environment would be useful for the Web Standards
community and webheads in general as a freely available web resource
(Corax enables links to other sites to be embedded). A main premise of
the KSM methodlogy used to define the maps is that the map should be
constructed from knowledge elicited from a group of experts in the
field, which is why I am appealing to the WSG.
What I really need your opinions and expertise on in the first instance
are what you all think that the component knowledge for this knowledge
area would be and if anyone has any opinions about how they should be
linked. For example, a knowledge component might be "Know how to
Validate pages using the W3C validation service", others could be might
be "Know how to produce semantically correct code", "Know the benefits
of using Web Standards", "Positioning Page Elements with CSS", "Rules of
XHTML" etc.
To see some examples of maps already produced and working within Corax,
go to http://www.akri.org/research/ksm/corax/examples.htm
I realise that at the moment the application has its usability and
accessibility issues/faults so I would also welcome any general comments
about this or any other aspect as it is all good for the evaluation
phase of the work.
Many thanks, (even if you just read this far and don't do anything else!)
Lee
Lee Jorgensen
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Snr. Research Assistant
Applied Knowledge Research Institute
http://www.akri.org
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