Survey: Cognitive / Mind Tools

[RalfGesellensetter <rgx@gmx.de>]

Dear List,

during Essen Linuxdays, a developer of non-free lerning environments for 
non-free systems contacted the Skolelinux booth in order to name our 
missing points. As this very person is personally convinced of the idea 
of free software, I regard this information as benevolent - and like to 
forward a collection of so called cognitive respecitve mind tools:

 * http://wise.berkeley.edu/

 * Concept Maps like Inspiration:
  http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm?fuseaction=concept_maps 

 * System Dynamic Models:    
  - Model-IT: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/resource/berkeley/modelit.htm 
  - COOLModes: http://www.collide.info/ 
  - Stella:
     http://www.hps-inc.com/softwares/Education/StellaSoftware.aspx

 * Simulations like BioBlast:
   http://www.cet.edu/products/bioblast/overview.html 

Maybe anybody can comment on this. Do we really lack these approaches?

Regards
Ralf