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Knowledge Cartography

Software Tools and Mapping Techniques

  • Book
  • Oct 2008

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Editors:
  1. Alexandra Okada

    1. Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

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  2. Simon Buckingham Shum

    1. Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

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  3. Tony Sherborne

    1. The Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

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  • Offers a broad range of knowledge mapping techniques and software tools applied to advanced information and knowledge processing
  • Presents an extensive collection of examples and study cases in knowledge cartography
  • Contributions from a widespread variety of leading mapping practitioners
  • Accompanying website contains a forum to discuss the content, mediated by the authors, and knowledge maps with hyperlinks

Part of the book series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing (AI&KP)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Empirical Studies of the Value of Conceptually Explicit Notations in Collaborative Learning

    • Daniel D. Suthers
    Pages 1-23

  3. Concept Mapping Using CmapTools to Enhance Meaningful Learning

    • Alberto J. Cañas, Joseph D. Novak
    Pages 25-46

  4. Enhancing Collaborative and Meaningful Language Learning Through Concept Mapping

    • Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott, Patrícia Lupion Torres
    Pages 47-72

  5. Thinking Maps®: A Visual Language for Learning

    • David Hyerle
    Pages 73-88

  6. The Constructivist Mapping of Internet Information at Work with Nestor

    • Romain Zeiliger, Liliane Esnault
    Pages 89-111

  7. Cognitive and Pedagogical Benefits of Argument Mapping: LAMP Guides the Way to Better Thinking

    • Yanna Rider, Neil Thomason
    Pages 113-130

  8. Scaffolding School Pupils’ Scientific Argumentation with Evidence-based Dialogue Maps

    • Alexandra Okada
    Pages 131-162

  9. Argument Diagramming: The Araucaria Project

    • Glenn Rowe, Chris Reed
    Pages 164-181

  10. Mapping the Curriculum: How Concept Maps can Improve the Effectiveness of Course Development

    • Tony Sherborne
    Pages 183-198

  11. Using Compendium as a Tool to Support the Design of Learning Activities

    • Gráinne Conole
    Pages 199-221

  12. Performing Knowledge Art: Understanding Collaborative Cartography

    • Albert M. Selvin
    Pages 223-247

  13. Knowledge Cartography for Controversies: The Iraq Debate

    • Simon Buckingham Shum, Alexandra Okada
    Pages 249-265

  14. Computer Supported Argument Visualisation: Modelling in Consultative Democracy Around Wicked Problems

    • Ricky Ohl
    Pages 267-286

  15. Human-Agent Knowledge Cartography for e-Science: NASA Field Trials at the Mars Desert Research Station

    • Maarten Sierhuis, Simon Buckingham Shum
    Pages 287-305

  16. Template-Based Structured Argumentation

    • John Lowrance, Ian Harrison, Andres Rodriguez, Eric Yeh, Tom Boyce, Janet Murdock et al.
    Pages 307-333

  17. An Experience of the Use of the Cognitive Mapping Method in Qualitative Research

    • Mário Vasconcellos
    Pages 335-355

  18. Collaborative Knowledge Modelling with a Graphical Knowledge Representation Tool: A Strategy to Support the Transfer of Expertise in Organisations

    • Josianne Basque, Gilbert Paquette, Beatrice Pudelko, Michel Leonard
    Pages 357-382

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 383-400
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About this book

Knowledge maps are ideal tools for capturing, organizing and extracting meaning from many different sources. They provide powerful graphic tools for classifying, representing and communicating all kinds of information.

This book discusses significant new research and explains its underlying principles in terms of Knowledge Cartography. It offers a rich variety of conceptual frameworks, mapping techniques and case studies. Readers are shown how to apply knowledge maps in different teaching, learning and knowledge management contexts.

Discussions include: What theories help us to understand knowledge maps in learning? What are the best methodologies and techniques for creating knowledge maps? What best practices exist in the use of mapping for learning? What are the difficulties and challenges of using knowledge cartography in learning?

Presenting conceptual foundations and orientation to the different approaches with illustrated practical methods and case studies, this book provides invaluable insight for researchers and graduates.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book attempts to describe the state of the art in the field … . Given the academic and research-oriented focus and style of this book, it will be of most interest to researchers in knowledge cartography and students who desire a research-focused survey of the field. Professional practitioners of knowledge mapping … who wish to use knowledge maps for pedagogical purposes, should also find this book helpful for increasing their repertoires of techniques and deepening their skills." (ACM Computing Reviews, May, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Alexandra Okada, Simon Buckingham Shum

  • The Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    Tony Sherborne

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