Displaying Learning Graphs

This chapter covers the details of how we display learning graphs. We attempt to keep the details of specific libraries out of this chapter and focus on the usability aspects of viewing and editing learning graphs.

Terminology

Concept Graphs

A network graph data structure that uses nodes to represent concepts and edges to show the relationship between concepts.

• See also: SKOS

Content Graphs

Journey Maps

Hybrid Graphs

Laying out Dependency Graphs

Nodes, Arrow and Labels

Force Directed Graphs

Adjusting Distances

Left to Right and Top Down Hierarchies

Pinning Foundational Concepts and Goals

Using Colors and Shapes

Using Size and Borders

Placing Labels and Using Abbreviations

Abstraction and Clustering

Leveraging Taxonomies and Ontologies

Adding Taxonomy Legends