Using Concept Maps in your Work

This page presents the material and comments from the participants of Nadia Spang-Bovey's conference on the 19th of June 2008 collected in the days that followed here confernce!

Jump down to Suggestions or Links

Examples (Widulle):

• Advanced Organizers
• Gesprächsführung
  See also the teaching environment where these Advance Organizers are used:
  • http://www.fhnw.ch/plattformen/modlernen
  • http://www.fhnw.ch/plattformen/modkomm

"Thank you for these examples, Wolfgang Widulle, you are using Powerpoint. Has the presentation of Nadia confirmed your preference for PPT or have you discovered a new way that you would like to try out. Please comment here (AR):"
"..."

• concept map: HR process: recruiting

This cmap shows the process in Human resource management of how to recruit new employees.  Different steps in the recruiting process are shown; simultaneously, the map displays different useful documents (like forms, checklists and so on). Thus, the  student can easily recognize the structure of the process + get some helpful documents.

• concept map: didactic scenario

The second example shows a simple cmap which has to explain the differences between several concepts in the shaping of a didactic process.

(Please note: both examples are in German)

• Mindmap activity for Moodle (ZHAW)
• FreeMind filter for Moodle
  
• Gantt Diagram for Moodle (EPFL)

Comment: I like Moodle a lot ;)

• In a paper A.Hunziger describes the elearning process of BFH students in 3 steps:
  (1) basic knowledge about how to write a scientific paper
  (2) how to structure an exploratory learning process
  (3) how to collaborate in a virtual environment.
  with the help of graphical models. Mail him (Alexander_Pünkt_Hunziker_ät_bfh_pünkt_ch) for a copy (it can not be put directly on the web :-(
  See also the PPT !

Suggestion for the follow-up

"During the presentation one use of concept maps was called a very frequent one: Organising one's PD! What would be the preferred tool for that in a given subject and a given type of research (AR)?"

"Practical experience in assigning students the task of working through e.g. a chapter in a book and to distill the essence of the content; ways of guiding / supporting students in the process of developing good concept mapping skills." (CMeier)

"Why not have a couple of online-conferences with experience based examples of teaching and learning with these techniques we learned to know last time, focusing on different disciplinary approaches: How have these tools been used in natural sciences, humanities, economics..." (Andreas König)

Links

• Web-Based Mind-Mapping: Outline, Plan and Brainstorm Ideas Together With MindMeister

• Mind Mapping Webinar with Jamie Nast & Chuck Frey on July 22 . From the description :
  "Here are just a few of the things we’ll discuss:

  • How is mind mapping evolving?
  • How do idea mapping, concept mapping, and diagramming relate to mind mapping?  Are they the same?  Do they have different uses?
  • What are some of the interesting uses of mind mapping?
  • Which is better hand drawn or computer-based mind maps?
  • What new features are available in the computer- and web-based tools?
  • How do I choose the right tool/approach?
  • How do I get started? 
  • And many more, including your questions"

  Note from Jacques Monnard : this should be similar to the online meeting we had with Nadia. For those who would just like to see what was discussed, a recording will be available within two days after the webinar