The KM Reference Group Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at 10am EDT

Practical Applications of Knowledge Mapping

Presenters:

Elizabeth McLean, KM Analyst M/CIO/ITSD/KM USAID

Ann Hendrix-Jenkins and Rebecca Simon, K4Health

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Lynn M. Van Lith, Senior Technical Advisor-HIV/AIDS and Sita Magnuson of dPict

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs

Knowledge Mapping

http://www.bantjes.com/project/varoom-15-knowledge

• System maps are visual representations of your knowledge

domain, where proximity and connections between entities

are used to express the relationships between them. 

System maps can be descriptive or conceptual. 

• Mind maps or concept maps are examples of the more

conceptual system maps. So are process maps. All of these

maps help to organize concepts and entities, and they are

often used to communicate the key …vocabulary of your

domain.

AIIM: http://www.aiim.org/community/blogs/expert/How-to-Determine-the-Best-Form-for-your-Taxonomy#sthash.XXEkkTiP.dpuf

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Decoding the termsType Description

Knowledge Maps Graph representing what knowledge resides where, shows knowledge flow patterns. Directory of where to go for expertise and how assets are connected. (SDC Knowledge Toolkit)

Group Concept Maps* Novak 1970. Group ideas visualized about specific topic of interest. Structured. Brainstorming, Relational. Participatory. Multiple ideas. Learning/Research in given topic/context.

Concept Maps Trokim 1980s. Capture and archive expert tacit knowledge concepts graphically. Gaps easy to spot and revisit with SME.

Mind Maps Buzan 1970s. Diagram used to depict facets of single topic with categories and subs radiating off of it. Individualized.

Tacit and Explicit Transformed in Context

Concept Mapping as KM Tool

Assess

Group Concept Mapping

Can transform understanding of complex issues and processes and be visually memorable for tacit and explicit capture and application.

“…a good concept map is at once simple, but also elegantly complex with profound meanings. Concept mapping has been shown to help learners learn, researchers create new knowledge, administrators to better structure and manage organizations, writers to write, and evaluators assess learning.”Revised January 22, 2008. Cite as: “Novak, J. D. & A. J. Cañas, The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct Them, Technical Report IHMC CmapTools 2006-01 Rev 01-2008, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, 2008", available at:http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.pdf.

What Are Group Concept Maps?• Graphical tools for organizing and visualizing knowledge

• Based on concepts and the relationships links by connecting lines

• Linking words or phrases describe the relationship between two concepts

• 2-dimensional node-links depict most important concepts and relationships

• Hierarchical

• Context established by “Focus Question” and how knowledge and learning is being applied

• Cross-links show relationships to concepts in different segments or domains on the map – crucial to the creation, realization and application of new knowledge

• Can include specific examples of events or objects that clarify of a given concept

Components

http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/howto/assesslearning/conceptmaps.html

Applied Components

http://infovis.net/imagenes/T1_N141_A4_CmapTools.gif

Benefits

• Depict complex tacit and explicit knowledge and context

• Reflect how separate facets integrate or influence outcomes

• Connect and display areas of influence, challenges

• Illustrate concepts, process and knowledge flow around “Focus Question”

• Promote new knowledge and learning - apply for improved outcomes

• Temporal, artifact, iterative

Lynn Van Lith

Sita Magnuson

and the

Practical Applications: H3C HIV

Evidence Review: Impact of Health Communication on HIV Prevention Outcomes at the H3C HIV Expert

Consultation

Ann-Hendrix Jenkins

Rebecca Simon

and the

K4Health Global Health Share Fair

Wall

Practical Applications