Design and Use of a Concept Map Interface for helping Middle School Students Navigate Digital Libraries
Funded by National Science and technology Digital Library (NSDL)
The CoMPASS-DL system, based on the CoMPASS hypertext environment, serves as a portal to access NSDL collections. The maps show students the most related concepts to the one that they have chosen. By providing the learner with a cognitive map of related concepts, the CoMPASS-DL system aims to reduce some of the cognitive load that learners face while accessing digital collections, because they will have easy access to digital collections. The conceptual representation aids learning and supports navigation by graphically showing conceptually related documents.
Co-Pl: Hübscher, R., Bentley College
