Question
To what extent did you find it helpful to be able to navigate through the parent/child links in the hierarchically structured map?

Relevant answers
"It is looking at the trickling of information. I could use the search tool, find a concept, then work backwards or forwards to see how it was derived or where it leads to"

"It was a nightmare before the search feature but it became much easier after you added that; I think expanding the search bar feature is pivotal to the success of using the platform. I would like to see google-style where if I search a term I can see a listing of which nodes (by title) have them rather than opening them up one by one."

"Although the search bar has improved the navigation ability, the vast number of nodes on 1Cademy decreases usability."

Evidence of Search Bar utility from responses on survey

Question
To what extent did you find it helpful to be able to navigate through the parent/child links in the hierarchically structured map?

Relevant Answer(s)
"It is looking at the trickling of information. I could use the search tool, find a concept, then work backwards or forwards to see how it was derived or where it leads to"

"That's the only way to navigate effectively."


Question
Throughout the semester, we had presented either by going through the hierarchical topics or by presenting specific nodes students had prepared to present. Which method did you think was more effective for your learning and why?

Relevant Answer(s)
"Hierarchical topics helped understand the flow of information better - especially towards the end of the semester."


Question
Imagine you want to review one of the concepts that you learned, to what extent would you prefer to review it on our collaborative maps in comparison to conventional course textbooks/lecture notes?

Relevant Answer(s)
"One thing I really love about the map is that everything is concise. I will get a very simple explanation, which is hard to find for machine learning topics, and can go deeper if I choose to."


Evidence of Parent/Child node contributing to ease of navigation from responses on survey

1cademy makes it easy for users to navigate to desired concepts and relationships. The platform does this in two ways
1. Finding nodes by using the search bar
2. Finding nodes through parent and child connections

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Structure
- Ease of navigation of topics (i.e. search bar and parent/child nodes)
- Assists meaningful learning through organization (i.e. hierarchies improve visual organization)
- Synthesis of an online platform and traditional ways of learning (i.e. reading books and transcribing nodes on map)

Transparency
- Transparency in moderation (i.e. seeing someone else's reasoning for post and upvoting/downvoting)
- Transparency of content (i.e. seeing a reference someone used for a node)

Gameification
- Measures of information value (i.e. more liked nodes can be deemed as more useful)
- Design features that improve motivation (i.e. student dashboard with score tracking)

Collaborative environment
- Collaborative mapping (i.e. reading a node from another persons understanding of that concept)
- Signs of life (i.e. users monitor other users activity)


Positive Impact of Interaction Design on 1cademy

1cademy makes it easy to navigate to a desired concept or relationship

1Cademy helps users meaningfully learn concepts and relationships through its organization of information. This is done through two major design features...
1. Hierarchical concept map
2. Granular information

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