A collaborative and collective concept mapping tool

Authors:
ivan Blecic;Arnaldo Cecchini;Giuseppe A. Trunfio
Affiliations:
Laboratory of Analysis and Models for Planning, Department of Architecture and Planning - University of Sassari, Alghero, italy;Laboratory of Analysis and Models for Planning, Department of Architecture and Planning - University of Sassari, Alghero, italy;Laboratory of Analysis and Models for Planning, Department of Architecture and Planning - University of Sassari, Alghero, italy
Venue:
CDVE'07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Cooperative design, visualization, and engineering
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper presents the general philosophy, features and few aspects related to the implementation and underlying technologies of MaGiA, an internet-based multi-user system designed for a collective and collaborative construction of knowledge models represented as concept maps. The use of the system can cover a wide range of purposes, from a theoretical discussion and construction of formal models to a support for collective brain-storming. What makes MaGiA an interesting tool is the emphasis put on a collective construction of such maps. in fact, one of the distinctive features and objectives of the system is to offer an enabling tool for a multi-user, bottom-up construction, where users can intervene, freely contribute and extend concept maps and where collective and collaborative multi-user map construction can take place in asynchronous as well as in synchronous way.