Abstract
AbstractThis paper presents a creativity support tool, called FreePub,to collect and organize scientifi*c material using mindmaps. Mindmaps are visual, graph-based representations of concepts, ideas, notes, tasks, etc. They generally take a hierarchical or tree branch format, with ideas branching into their subsections. FreePub supports creativity cycles. A user starts such a cycle by setting up her domain of interest using mindmaps. Then, she can browse mindmaps and launch search tasks to gather relevant publications from several data sources. FreePub, besides publications, identifies helpful supporting material (e.g., blog posts, presentations). All retrieved information from FreePub can be imported and organized in mindmaps. FreePub has been fully implemented on top of FreeMind, a popular open-source, mindmapping tool.
Highlights
Graphical representations of elements concepts, ideas, notes, tasks, or other items related to a topic of study
Mindmapping elements are organized in hierarchical branches
Elements are arranged in a non-linear fashion
Summary
Write notes, generate ideas, re-structure the domain. Graphical representations of elements concepts, ideas, notes, tasks, or other items related to a topic of study. Mindmapping elements are organized in hierarchical branches. Everything is built around a central topic. Elements are arranged in a non-linear fashion. This encourages a brainstorming approach to planning and organizational tasks, and idea generation. Mindmap usage project and task management links to files, executables, source of information, knowledge base organization (notes, refs), essay writing and brainstorming. No explicit structured elements to model relationships. Visual mnemonics: colors, icons and informal visual representations. Visual methods like mindmaps have been used for centuries learning problem solving recording knowledge visual thinking
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