VizThinkToronto 4 – Concept Mapping

Tonight’s Agenda 7:15 Before we do any Concept Mapping Seeing knowledge: to communicate using pictures Construction as meaningfully engage what you already know 7:20 Explore your disciplinary view Assigned a discipline Express visually in your discipline Neighbour: Interpret what you see When is this easier / harder? 7:25 Debrief 7:35 What is concept mapping anyway? Examples Instructions 7:45 Your turn 8:30 Recap 8:45 Review others models 9:00 Beer at Shoeless Joes.

7:15 Before we do any Concept Mapping

Seeing knowledge: to communicate using pictures

Construction as meaningfully engage what you already know

7:20 Explore your disciplinary view

Assigned a discipline

Express visually in your discipline

Neighbour: Interpret what you see

When is this easier / harder?

7:25 Debrief

7:35 What is concept mapping anyway?

Examples

Instructions

7:45 Your turn

8:30 Recap

8:45 Review others models

9:00 Beer at Shoeless Joes.

Why Concept Mapping? Concept Mapping helps meaningfully composite knowledge Organized knowledge is more easily understood Meaningful Leaning is better Anchor new ideas or concepts using previously defined knowledge Constructivism rejects the notion that one can simply pass on information to learners, expect that a understanding will result, and that a lasting impression will be made.

Concept Mapping helps meaningfully composite knowledge

Organized knowledge is more easily understood

Meaningful Leaning is better

Anchor new ideas or concepts using previously defined knowledge

Who uses Concept Mapping? Panama Government - Every School by Constitutional mandate NASA Weather systems theory Explaining the MARS Lander Martin!

Let’s explore the concept of a car…

Through the eyes of a discipline Environmentalist Mechanic Sociologist Economist

Each work on your picture around your table If a picture speaks a thousand words… No writing (including discipline) No talking No looking Draw: Major ideas of the discipline as related to Cars

Rotate diagrams with you neighbour Neighbour: Annotate with your interpretation Draw Write No talking Repeat to the next neighbour

Discuss! Are the annotations correct? What’s difficult to interpret? Are some disciplines easier to represent? How much shared thinking did you come in with?

Are the annotations correct?

What’s difficult to interpret?

Are some disciplines easier to represent?

How much shared thinking did you come in with?

Debrief Communicating via pictures is much easier when You share perspective You share a level of abstraction You can annotate with words Your table had very little of this shared context

Communicating via pictures is much easier when

You share perspective

You share a level of abstraction

You can annotate with words

Now that you have brainstormed by yourself Find your like-minded team members 4 per team so you all talk Now can think about Concept Mapping! Environmentalist 1 Economist 1 Economist 2 Sociologist 1 Sociologist 2 Mechanics 1 Mechanics 2 Environmentalist 2

Find your like-minded team members

4 per team so you all talk

Now can think about Concept Mapping!

But first, what is a Concept Map?

Or, more simply Concepts : Concept Map Linking phrases Relationships Concepts Propositions A concept map is composed of linking phrases A concept map identifies relationships Relationships are what is between concepts A concept map is composed of concepts 2 or more concepts connected with other words to form a meaningful statement .

Concepts :

Concept Map

Linking phrases

Relationships

Concepts

Propositions

A concept map is composed of linking phrases

A concept map identifies relationships

Relationships are what is between concepts

A concept map is composed of concepts

2 or more concepts

connected with other words

to form a meaningful statement .

A Sheridan Student’s Concept Map on 1946

A Sheridan Student’s Concept Map on the Kyoto Protocol

Used in Commercial applications J. Novak 10-18-00

CONCEPT CONCEPT RELATION Proposition KNOWLEDGE

CONCEPT FRAMEWORK Most inclusive Least inclusive HIERARCHY GENERALIZATION

So far… Brainstorm by yourself Collaborate

Now that you have brainstormed Find your like-minded team members Pick a corner of a room 4 per team so you all talk Hierarchical structure the most inclusive, most general concepts at the center top of the map the more specific , less general concepts arranged hierarchically below . Use string! Keep the model flexible!

Find your like-minded team members

Pick a corner of a room

4 per team so you all talk

Hierarchical structure the most

inclusive, most general concepts at the center top of the map

the more specific , less general concepts arranged hierarchically below .

Understand Cars: Environmentalists View

Recap Brainstorm Collaborate Understand & Innovate !

In Summary, why concept map? Constructing Concept Maps enables you to Relate new concepts to existing concepts and ideas – improves understanding Reorganize knowledge Make explicit descriptions of concepts and their interrelationships Deeply process knowledge – promote better remember / retrieve & apply This is important because the world is spinning faster Make sense of all this information being generated, e.g. on wikis and blogs The Semantic Web is coming!

Constructing Concept Maps enables you to

Relate new concepts to existing concepts and ideas – improves understanding

Reorganize knowledge

Make explicit descriptions of concepts and their interrelationships

Deeply process knowledge – promote better remember / retrieve & apply

This is important because the world is spinning faster

Make sense of all this information being generated, e.g. on wikis and blogs

The Semantic Web is coming!

Reflect… over a beer?

Acknowledgements and thanks: http://ited.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/Mindtools/conceptmap/conceptmap5.ppt http://www.codata.org/06conf/presentations/F1/F1_Messerotti.ppt ( Mauro Messerotti, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Trieste)

Acknowledgements and thanks:

http://ited.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/Mindtools/conceptmap/conceptmap5.ppt

http://www.codata.org/06conf/presentations/F1/F1_Messerotti.ppt ( Mauro Messerotti, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Trieste)