The development and evaluation of the qualities of buzan mind mapping module

Using self-instructional module can be an alternative approach and make significant contributions to overcome note taking problem among students. Thus, the purpose of this research is to develop and evaluate the qualities of Buzan Mind Mapping module. The development of the Buzan Mind Mapping module was based on Meyer Model. Analysis on the qualities’ evaluation revealed that eight raters showed an agreement on satisfactory level and above for all 34 items. Meanwhile, 36 students gave positive feedbacks on the format and content of the module except the size of the module. (Abstract by authors

The Development and Implementation of Buzan Mind Mapping Module

Using Self-Instructional Modules within the technical education can be an alternative approach and make significant contributions. Modules are not just “job sheets’ or “old style work units” or “chapters of books” with questions added. Module is a planned series of learning activities designed carefully to assist the learners to accomplish certain specific objectives. An attempt to develop and implement a modular approach on Buzan mind mapping techniques was made in the secondary school. A quasi-experimental design research has been carried out to affirm the effectiveness of this module in test achievement among the students. This paper will discuss various components of this modular approach by referring to Meyer Model. Statistical analysis was done via an “intention to treat” comparison of post intervention scores and comparison of the change in scores from pre- to post intervention, using a two-sample t-test. Students participating in the self-instructional modular approach had a significant improvement in knowledge scores compared to non-participants. (Abstract by authors

Sensing and mapping for interactive performance

This paper describes a trans-domain mapping (TDM) framework for translating meaningful activities from one creative domain onto another. The multi-disciplinary framework is designed to facilitate an intuitive and non-intrusive interactive multimedia performance interface that offers the users or performers real-time control of multimedia events using their physical movements. It is intended to be a highly dynamic real-time performance tool, sensing and tracking activities and changes, in order to provide interactive multimedia performances. From a straightforward definition of the TDM framework, this paper reports several implementations and multi-disciplinary collaborative projects using the proposed framework, including a motion and colour-sensitive system, a sensor-based system for triggering musical events, and a distributed multimedia server for audio mapping of a real-time face tracker, and discusses different aspects of mapping strategies in their context. Plausible future directions, developments and exploration with the proposed framework, including stage augmenta tion, virtual and augmented reality, which involve sensing and mapping of physical and non-physical changes onto multimedia control events, are discussed

Mapping Light Communication SLA-Based Workflows onto Grid Resources with Parallel Processing Technology

Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are currently one of the major research topics in Grid Computing. Amongmany system components for supporting of SLA-aware Grid-based workflows, the SLA mapping module receives an important position. Mapping light communication workflows is one main part of the mapping module. With the previously proposed mapping algorithm, the mapping module may become the bottleneck of the system when many requests come in a short period of time. This paper presents a parallel mapping algorithm for light communication SLA-based workflows, which can cope with the problem. Performance measurements deliver evaluation results on the quality of the method