Title:	USING COGNITIVE MAPS TO PROMOTE SELF-MANAGED LEARNING IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES OF INQUIRY
Author(s):	Susi Peacock, John Cowan
ISBN:	978-989-8533-51-7
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson
Year:	2016
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Cognitive maps; communities of inquiry; self-managed learning
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	147
Last Page:	150
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	As online learners become more diverse and less well-prepared individually, particular help is required when transitioning into new, online learning environments, requiring engagement in collaborative, community-based educational activities. Cognitive maps provide one tool for tutors to support individuals in navigating the unfamiliar maze of online education and promote self-managed learning. Such maps, developed and offered at induction by the teaching team and linked to throughout the course, describe the territory that learners may wish to explore, signpost possible activities providing landmark knowledge, and encourage the development of cognitive and interpersonal abilities required for online learning. The contents of such maps may include the location of key sources, study guides, and provision of advice to beginners on how to handle the profusion of online material. They may feature a tutor-developed diagrammatic representation of the course, showing links between the different themes, and signposts to appropriate resources for further study and support. Tutors may also encourage learners to refine their own cognitive maps by adding further links to useful sources and materials which they have identified. Such enriched maps could be shared with the community for feedback, allowing for the comparison and contrasting of learners’ journeys during their online studies. Working in groups, learners may, for instance, develop their maps to include accounts of group work.
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