Knowledge models are the structural representation of knowledge developed by using pieces of knowledge and relationships between them. In our case we create it by using the Concept Map (C-Map) Tools. In other words, a collection of Concept Maps associated with resources (like text, image, audio, and video clips) known as knowledge models.
Concept map is a diagrammatically presentation of a concept with arrows and nodes; where nodes present the related terms of the focused concept and the arrow shows the relations of that concept with the other nodes.
The Concept Map (CMap) tools software empowers users to construct, navigate and share knowledge models represented as Concepts Maps. It allows users to easily construct CMaps and link it with the related resources like text, image, audio, video clips and with other CMaps.
KMs are visual representations of the important concepts in agriculture and the relationships between them. It is a way of organizing, representing and visualizing the knowledge graphically. These have been designed with the intention of using them for indexing and browsing the content that we gather in the repository. Such models are useful in teaching as well. The Knowledge Models can also support inferencing and decision support systems.
Here we create the knowledge models with the help of C-Map tool software which allows users to easily construct CMaps and link it with the related resources. This tool, by default, provides spaces for concepts as nodes and by clicking on the node it provides the space for relationship with arrows. This tool helps in the representation of a large CMaps as one can split a large CMaps into different small parts and then navigate them through links. The users can also link and add images, video, sound clips and text in the CMap as resources and convert it into knowledge model easily. For details open and look at the Guide Lines for Creating Knowledge Models under Knowledge Models menu.
Open and follow the 'Guide Lines for Creating Knowledge Models' provided under Knowledge Models (http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/?q=content/knowledge-models)
The agricultural scientists only after getting a separate log in and password from the agropedia administrator can create and edit the knowledge models.
Follow this procedure:
Click on CMap tool software
Click on shared CMap (it will link you with server). CMap server opens and you can find already uploaded CMaps.
Select the folder in which you want to upload the CMap.
Right click and select Add
Click on Resources
Select Add Resources
Click on My CMap & Select the knowledge model you want to upload
Click on Add to upload knowledge model in the server.
User can post his comments/suggestions under 'Discussion on KM' (http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/?q=content/blog-knowledge-model-discussion).
Concept map is a diagrammatically presentation of a concept with arrow and nodes; where nodes present the related terms of the presented concept and the arrow shows the relations of that concept with the other terms or nodes.
Concept mapping tools allow you or your students to visually depict a system by creating a map in which nodes represent ideas or facts, and lines or arrows between nodes represent relationships (for example, cause-and-effect relationships, a category and sub-cate gory relationships, and so on).