title: Investigating a concept-based tool to enhance the process of curriculum development: an example for healthcare education.
abstract: This paper reports on a first exploration carried out in the CoMET (COncept Modelling Environment for Teachers) project to investigate the educational potential of a concept-based toolkit developed in the GALEN project. In particular, on whether such tools can offer a basis to support and enhance healthcare curriculum development. We first adapted part of the toolkit by developing a front-end user friendly interface to access the conceptual knowledge. We then collected data from an empirical study. Preliminary results suggest that the concept-based approach of the CoMET tools is viable and has several potential benefits for educational activities. Directions for further work in the use of the concept-based tool for teaching as well as learning are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Education Technology, Open University, United Kingdom. L.L.Alpay@open.ac.uk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alpay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giffen
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D017145:Models, Educational; D012984:Software