JaneHeinze-Fry,Ph.D.SpecialProgramsDirector
MuseumInstituteforTeachingScience
Today’sPath! Overviewoftheconceptmap
! Thestoryofthedevelopmentofthemap
! Navigationofthemap
! Questions
Overview:theQuickTour! Theresource-linkedconceptmapisweb-based:
! http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/rid=1QFJ88YMG-M7FBBS-5N06/Climate%20Change%20Bite-Sized2.cmap
OriginsoftheIdea:WhyaConceptMap?
CornellUniversityinthe1970sand1980s
Researchtool
Learningtool
1990s:Whatdowelearnfromteachingenvironmentalscience?
“Youknow,Gene,globalwarmingisREALLYcomplex.
Theatmosphere,theoceans,thelandsurfaceareallinteracting.Magnitudeofthecausesisuncertain.Somanyconsequences.
Let’smapit!“
Itstartedasa‘learningtolearnproject.’
Originsoftheidea:Whyaresource-linkedconceptmap?
Confusionin1990sandearly2000s
Evidenceofhumanfingerprint
Theneedsofteachersandlearnersforevidence-basedresources
Whythelayeredlook?! Theoriginalmapwascompletelytext.Cognitiveoverload:needforlayersandvisuals
! Decidedthatthehomepageshouldbeorientedthewaypeoplereadwhilemoredetailedlayerskepttheirhierarchicalstructure
! Neededtoreachaudienceswithdifferentneeds.Peopleenterthisworldthroughdifferentportals.
Whatarethelayers:entrypoints?Thefollowinglayersrespondtodifferentneeds:! Layer1:“I’mnewatthis.Ineedanoverviewofclimatechange.Causes,impacts,solutions.PLEASEkeepitsimple.”! Layer2:“Iknowenough.IjustwanttoDOsomething.”! Layer3:“Iworkintheeducationalsystem.WherearetheresourcesIneedformyjob?”
! Layer4:“I’mateacherwithspecificresourceneeds.”
Whatarethesourcesoftheresourcelinks?! NAAEE:eeProClimateChange! NSTA:articles,webinars,otherresources! CLEAN:Teleconferencepresentations! MassAudubon,ElizabethDuff! GlobalWarmingSoWhat?GeneFry! CornellUniversityMOOC;MarianneKrasny! Attendanceatprofessionalconferences
! NOTfromagooglesearch
Howdoyounavigatethemap?! Browsingintheforest
! Videocliponhowtonavigate
! Let’stakealeisurelytourandthentakequestions!
! http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/rid=1QFJ88YMG-M7FBBS-5N06/Climate%20Change%20Bite-Sized2.cmap
QuesGonsYours?
??QuesGons??Mine
! Howcanthemapbeappliedtoyourprofessionalwork?
! Howcanyoubeempoweredtoeditandupdatethemapforyourownpurposes?
! Whatisthefutureofthemap?CanitcontributetotheemergingideaofaClimateChangeEducationToolbox?