Animating Civic Education: Developing a Knowledge Navigation System Using Blogging and Topic Map Technology

Autor/inn/en	Huang, Tien-Chi; Chen, Chia-Chen
Titel	Animating Civic Education: Developing a Knowledge Navigation System Using Blogging and Topic Map Technology
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 16 (2013) 1, S.79-92 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; High School Students; Informal Education; Conventional Instruction; Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Navigation (Information Systems); Citizenship Education; Educational Technology; Computer Interfaces; Questionnaires; Correlation; Concept Mapping; Web 2.0 Technologies; Interviews; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Elektronisches Publizieren; Web-Design; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Unterrichtsmedien; Fragebogen; Korrelation; Concept Map; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	With the advent of Web 2.0 technology, message transmission has become increasingly convenient, and the rising amount of information has become gradually diverse. A question must be asked of this trend, on whether informal learning resources can be integrated into formal learning knowledge. This study attempts to integrate educational blog articles and use the wealth of information inherent in the development of a blogging system with knowledge navigation demand for both formal and informal learning in civic education. In the system, Topic Maps (TM) technology was implemented to represent informal learning content in a formal curriculum structure. To develop a framework adapted to formal and informal learning contexts, this study proposes a seamless model for teachers and system developers to represent informal learning content that adheres to the formal knowledge structure. Analytical results indicate that students approved the effectiveness of combining the blogging system and individual Topic Maps (iTM) function. In other words, the system derived from the design framework helps students learn citizenship courses in an innovative manner. The outcome further supports the proposed seamless model in providing an appropriate viewpoint for integrating formal and informal learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10