Concept Maps for Revision
Design Pattern Tags : Academic Skills, Active learning, Connected learning, Flipped classroom, Personalisation, Reflective practice
Concept Maps for Revision March 2016
Concept Maps for Revision is intended to sketch course key concepts. The process enables the organisation and representation of information to improve knowledge acquisition and understanding of key concepts and their relationships in a course. The mapping offers an alternative way of providing student revision.
Rationale Concept Maps for Revision gives students the opportunity to clarify their understanding of key concepts and relationships in a course.
Learners/Context The Concept Maps for Revision activity has been devised for students to visually associate and improve their understanding of key concepts and relationships in a course.
Alignment The Concept Maps for Revision gives students the opportunity to improve knowledge and understanding of key concepts in a course
Instructions/Processes
Prior to Semester
Decide whether to use an existing Google Draw template
or
Develop a template specifically for your concept map:
Open Google Drive
Choose New → More → Drawing
Name the drawing: File → Rename
Draw the concept map with all its content, labels and relationships
This is an example of a concept map for your students
Make a copy of the original: File → Make a copy → Enter a new document name → Press → OK
Open the copied drawing and decide what level of scaffolding students will need. You could for instance choose to:
remove or delete all labels and descriptions
leave descriptions/definitions but remove key terms
remove all relationship lines and arrows
remove key labels or relationships
drag labels to columns each side of the map
jumble the labels around on the document
Make sure to write a simple instruction on the map
Make sure the two concept maps are in your Google drive
Return to the Google Template site (refer to Resources/Technology) to add your drawing either to the RMIT or Public Templates
On the top right hand side of your screen, click “Submit a template” to fill in the form and add your drawing to the respective template repository
HOWEVER, if you do not wish to add your drawing to the respective templates; you can share the drawings with students in your Google Drive
Post the URL in the course materials or use Blackboard Learn to send an announcement with the link to the students
Beginning of Semester
Explain to students the value of concept maps. The concept map without the relationships can be deployed to assess student prior course knowledge and a preparation to using the concept map for revision.
Ask students to navigate to the Google Template site (refer to Resources/Technology)
Ask students to the scroll to the copied drawing
Ask students to click “Use this template” to bring it into their own Google Drive space
Ask students to label the concept map
Ask students to upload their finished products to a class shared area into Google or Blackboard Learn
Discuss online the process of concept mapping in preparation for the revision concept map
Revision Time
Repeat steps 9 to 11b
NOW, open your concept map and ask students in groups or pairs to compare their concept map to your map
Discuss and revise the main concepts and their relationships as a class Conditions/Critical Success Factors Knowledge of Google Drawing and templates
Knowledge of Blackboard
Knowledge of active learning in large groups
Resources/ Technology Related Patterns
