What if a department chair could build a curriculum by having a conversation? Not by filling out forms, not by writing JSON, not by learning graph theory. Just by talking about their program — what students need to know, what they struggle with, what mastery looks like.
This knowledge graph was built from a single conversation about an Intro to Human Communication course. The AI interviewed the instructor. The instructor never saw a node or an edge — just answered questions about their curriculum. The graph built itself from their expertise.
57 NODES
Six core branches (verbal, nonverbal, language, interpersonal, intrapersonal, written) with concepts, skills, and cross-connections.
8 MISCONCEPTIONS
Not just gaps — durable wrong beliefs that actively block learning. "Hearing = Listening." "Body language is universal." Each one has explicit blocks relationships.
EDGE STRENGTH
Not all connections are equal. Strong prerequisites pulse and glow. Weak supports fade. The visual encodes the pedagogical weight.
AI CONCEPT ANALYZER
Type any device, medium, or concept (TikTok, body camera, podcast) and Claude analyzes which nodes are directly or indirectly related, with hover tooltips explaining each connection.
Every branch is grounded in foundational works — from Aristotle's Rhetoric to Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow, from Sapir-Whorf to Flower & Hayes, from Hall's proxemics to Ekman's facial action coding. The graph isn't just a curriculum map — it's an academic foundation.