Knowledge Art
One of the advantages of a long term technology R&D programme is that you get to ask questions that can’t possibly be answered with very early prototypes, which while demonstrate exciting...
View ArticleCOMMA 2010: Software Agents in Support of Human Argument Mapping
I’m just back from COMMA 2010, the 3rd International Conference on Computational Models of Argument. This is an interesting mix of formal AI logic, argumentation theory, and social/semantic web. The...
View ArticleWorking with “Learning Futures” on authentic enquiry
Learning Futures is a national initiative to foster, evaluate and share secondary school innovation, around four priorities which they see as central to the future shape of learning in schools (but...
View ArticleCompendium used for German public debate on synthetic biology
Thanks to fantastic work by journalist Ralf Groetker, this story just posted to the Compendium Institute community — a good example of using argument maps to synthesise multiple stakeholder input on a...
View ArticleMapping PhD research in Compendium
Colleague and part-time KMi PhD student Al Selvin has posted a fantastic lightning tour of his PhD project database in Compendium. This illustrates very well the power of lightweight semantics in a...
View ArticleMaking Representations Matter: Al Selvin PhD
In an earlier post on Knowledge Art, a term coined by friend and colleague Al Selvin, I opened with this question: What does it mean to be literate in crafting representations that help a group make...
View ArticleCompendiumDS helps OU win gold
A great success story for KMi technology transfer: our Compendium knowledge mapping tool was customized by the OU’s Learning & Teaching Solutions team for a groundbreaking OU course U101 “Design...
View ArticleNew book: Chapter 1 v0.1
Al Selvin and I are working on a book to distill the key messages from his long term research programme, culminating in his PhD 18 mnths ago. So, we’re thinking aloud as we try out different ideas…...
View ArticleDelta Dialogues: fantastic Dialogue Mapping case study
One of the most exciting things about releasing Compendium into the wild is that people go off and do amazing things with it that I have no idea about. Here is a detailed case study from Groupaya,...
View ArticleConstructing Knowledge Art: new book
A new book has just come out as part of the Human-Centred Informatics series (Morgan Claypool), edited by Jack Carroll. Constructing Knowledge Art: An Experiential Perspective on Crafting Participatory...
View ArticleAl Selvin – Memories & Tributes
Words can only say a bit of what Al’s loss means, but a version of what I said at his memorial service is on the website. POSTED TODAY TO THE COMPENDIUM INSTITUTE COMMUNITY FORUM. Dear Compendium...
View ArticleCompendium Archive & Network 2021
CONTEXT… Those of you who know my R&D will know that I have a long-standing interest in the role that software can play in human sensemaking around wicked problems, a form of “augmenting human...
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