Tomorrow Martin Davies and I are conducting a workshop at Melbourne University under the heading “Argument Mapping in Your Subject”. It is intended for university-level educators interested in somehow incorporating argument mapping into their teaching. Around 60 educators are enrolled, with about half from Melbourne University and half from other universities around Australia. It is great to see this level of interest – a sign that there is momentum building argument mapping-based teaching.
Rather than creating a standard paper handout, I created a small website, Argument Mapping in Your Subject. (Google Sites makes it very easy to whip up these kinds of sites.) The website is a kind of portal to resources which might be helpful for educators seeking to better understand argument mapping and how to integrate into the subject they teach, whatever that may be. Mostly the website just links to resources already available elsewhere, but does provide some useful original content including, in particular, some case studies of how educators have incorporated argument mapping into their subjects, one in Economics, and another in Computer Science.
Also there is a new Google Group email list for anyone wanting to join a nascent online community around this topic.
Thanks – I attended the seminar this morning.
Seminar and website both very helpful.