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The paper presents an original algorithm for automated building of a topic map starting from a relational database. This aspect is favorable in e-learning domain because many e-learning systems use a relational database. The process is illustrated on a database used in TESYS e-learning system. The reason for topicmap building and topic map graphical viewing is to offer students along with traditional learning modality named “course-centric” a new modality named “subject-centric”. This newmodality based on topicmaps allows learner to navigate through topicmap depending on its interest subject or to follow the associations between subjects. Students had the possibility to use these two learning modalities and they emphasized positive aspects of using topicmaps, for example the possibility to understand better the relationships of knowledge.
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Mihai, G., Stanescu, L., Burdescu, D., Brezovan, M., Spahiu, C.S. (2009). A Topic Map for “Subject-Centric” Learning. In: Papadopoulos, G.A., Badica, C. (eds) Intelligent Distributed Computing III. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 237. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03214-1_14
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