Fostering Concept Maps Awareness as a Means to Learning

A concept map is a visual representation of concepts as nodes and of relationships between concepts as edges as a diagram consisting of nodes linked with each other. Concept maps support the learning process inasmuch that they make learners aware of their own progresses. We propose a game-like e-learning tool named Termina to be used for assessing learners' progresses using which learners can build up their own concept maps and compare them with that of the learners' community. Deploying Termina within the audience of a university course yields snapshots of the concept maps built while participating in the lecture for both each student as well as for the student's community. These concept maps are build from the associations that the students provide through participating in Termina sessions. Learners profit from the concept maps' availability, learn from their fellows and can track their learning process. Lecturers gain insights into the knowledge and ignorance of their students.