Effect of Employing Interactive Mind Maps Across the Web on Developing Research Skills in Information Sources, Interaction and Electronic Participation Among Students of the Department of Educational Technology

Abstract

Aimed of the current research is to measure the impact of employing interactive mind maps across the web on developing research skills in information sources, interaction and electronic sharing among educational technology students; for this purpose, the researcher developed the e-learning environment, and applied the research to a sample of (44) male and female students of the second year of the department of education and information technology, the skills test related to measuring the skills side of research skills in electronic information sources, the electronic interaction and sharing scale, after performing the statistical treatments; the researcher and the research concluded that there is a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the experimental groups on both the skill test related to the development of research skills in information sources, and the scale related to measuring the availability of interaction and electronic sharing skills, and this is due to the main impact on employing interactive mind maps across the web in addressing the research problem related to the two independent variables of the research, and in light of the foregoing, the researcher recommended many recommendations and proposals related to the variables of the current research that can be used from the scientific and practical side.