Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Systems thinking is an important skillset for understanding dynamic interactions in complex systems. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition that systems thinking is needed in chemistry education to show the interconnection of concepts, to encourage student engagement and to connect learning of chemistry to global sustainability challenges and solutions. Systems mapping, using tools such as Systems-Oriented Concept Map Extensions (SOCMEs), is an important aspect of understanding the systems involved in chemistry, but there are no easy-to-use tools for creating dynamic SOCMEs, especially in educational contexts. At the King’s Centre for Visualization in Science (KCVS.ca), we have created SOCKit (SOCME Online Construction Kit), an interactive learning tool for dynamically creating SOCMEs using force-directed graphs. SOCKit has been designed to be intuitive and mobile-friendly, and can easily create, view, modify, and share SOCMEs to better understand systems and develop a systems thinking toolbox.
Source: Journal of Chemical Education
Authors: Robert MacDonald, Ashley Elgersma, Thomas Holme, Jeff Snyder, Micke Reynders, Peter Mahaffy
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,500
Awards: G4043598974, G7356478679
OpenAlex ID: W4411020176