The proposed MoVE system is a virtual environment for shape learning and mobility training of the blind. Our goal is to provide an environment where a visually impaired person would be able to form cognitive maps of a new place they might visit in future. Cognitive maps are mental models of the relative locations and attribute phenomena of spatial environments. Ability to form cognitive maps is...

For thousands of years mankind lived just like the animals And then something happened that unleashed the power of his imagination He learned to talk Pink Floyd I Introduction I-A What is a Cognitive Map? Cognitive maps or Cause maps were first used in 1948 by Edward C. Tolman. The idea however, of cognitive maps dates back to 1913, where Trowbridge carried out investigations in cognitive maps,...

In the knowledge management domain, few researchers have studied knowledge maps in depth. Most discussions on using knowledge maps as a transfer mechanism focus on the benefits they can bring to organisations and the different mapping schemes that can be used to develop maps serving different business requirements. No literature has explored the role of knowledge maps in the context of knowledg...

Cognitive maps are mental models of the relative locations and attributes of phenomena in spatial environments. Understanding how people form cognitive maps of virtual environments is vital to effective virtual world design. Unfortunately, such an understanding is hampered by the difficulty of cognitive map measurement. The present study tests the validity of using sketch maps to examine aspect...

When it comes to lifelong learning and e-learning, we are steadily moving towards distributed and self-organized networks where multiple content providers offer parts and pieces, not complete vertical systems. This spurs development of new methods and techniques to position learners in these networks. Positioning requires that characteristics of the learner are mapped onto characteristics of le...