Hi Ray,
There isn't any interoperability issue. All Dave is doing is exporting
his Inspirations file to HTML and then adding that as a resource to
Moodle et al.
You can do the same with MindManager, Freemind, CMAPTools and most of
the other Mindmapping applications.
Cheers,
Mark
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From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Ray Tolley
Sent: 23 June 2008 10:10
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Subject: Re: [VLES] Integrating an Inspirations output into a VLE
Sounds like a brilliant idea, but would not the end-user also need a
copy of Inspiration? I am not aware of any 'interoperability' between
the several very different mind-mapping applications?
I have always had to use added hyperlinks to a non-dynamic graphical
image to link additional files for users with different or no mapping
software.
If you can send me a sample file I could try it on the various
mind-mapping systems that we use in schools.
BW
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From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Dave Foord
Sent: 23 June 2008 08:40
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Subject: [VLES] Integrating an Inspirations output into a VLE
One of the problems with VLEs is they tend to have a linear structure
(resources are listed linearly) and although we can use folder
structures to give some structure, with most VLEs as you navigate into
the folder structure you lose site of the 'bigger picture' of where the
resources are in relation to everything else.
I have recently been running training at a few colleges with the Mind
Mapping software 'Inspirations', and I have discovered that it is
possible to use Inspirations to link learning resources together in a
meaningful organised structured visual map, you can then package the
whole thing up as HTML (and Inspirations will then take copies of all
the resources in this
process) and then upload the whole thing to a VLE.
The advantages are:-
1) If you have a lot of resources to upload, this is actually a much
quicker way of doing this
2) The learners have the resources arranged in a more meaningful way
3) As the whole thing is packaged in HTML, you can access the materials
on any computer without needing the Inspirations software
4) If in the future your organisation ever changes VLE, rather than
transferring 100s of individual resources, you would only have to
transfer a much smaller number of packages
5) The packages could work offline, so if networks fail, you have some
kind of a back up plan
I have so far tested this with Moodle and Blackboard, and instructions
for each are on my blog, links are below. I imagine that the process
will work with other VLEs and with other Mind Mapping software, but I
haven't had a chance to test them yet.
Moodle
http://davefoord.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/integrating-inspirations-outpu
ts-i
nto-moodle-to-manage-files/
or
http://tinyurl.com/4jhf8d
Blackboard
http://davefoord.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/uploading-an-inspirations-outp
ut-t
o-blackboard/
Or
http://tinyurl.com/5ld5r5
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