Use of Virtual Mind Mapping to Effectively Organise the Project Activities of Students at the University

It is extremely important to organise project activities of students in the process of electronic and distance learning. One of the tools to create the virtual environment for the students' effective teamwork and to achieve tangible project outcomes is to use mind maps as shared on-line services for step-by-step problem solving. The authors provide for the fundamentals and the necessary components of the project work, describe patterns of constructing mind maps, and outline opportunities and limitations of the existing Internet services in working with them. Justification is made for the ability to use mind maps in the process of online supervising of a graduation project. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.