ViLO: A Visual Interactive Resource for Supporting Self-Guided Learning

Dharini Balasubramaniam, Uta Hinrichs, Martynas Noreika, Alasdair Macindoe

Abstract


Traditional module delivery in higher education often follows a linear structure, which is not always conducive to understanding concepts and the many possible relationships between them. In this paper we introduce an online visual interactive learning resource called ViLO designed to address this problem. We describe the principles guiding the development of ViLO, early evaluation results and our plans for future work.


Keywords


Visual learning; Self-guided learning; Concept graphs

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i13.2899

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