Workshop 3 - Using Maps of Science to Teach Science                                     [HALF DAY WORKSHOP] 
                             
The purpose of this workshop is to open and promote a discussion of the use of science maps in the education process. Although we believe that science maps will eventually be used at different levels in education (e.g. secondary schools, undergraduate, and graduate), for this workshop we will focus on the needs of a professor who wants to use maps of science to teach a graduate-level course on a field of research, and invite papers that address facets of that issue.

Workshop Organisers
Richard Klavans, SciTech Strategies, Inc.  (rklavans@mapofscience.com)
Kevin Boyack, SciTech Strategies, Inc.  (kboyack@mapofscience.com)

Workshop Schedule
Room: 223

14:30  Welcome – Dick Klavans (SciTech Strategies, Inc.)

14:30  Keynote – Howard White (Drexel University)
 “Bibliometric maps in graduate science education: Posters or Kleenexes?”
Howard’s opening remarks will challenge the community of ‘science mappers’ to reflect  on what they are actually producing 
(Posters  & Kleenex’); consider the consequences of their actions (chasing after new technology instead of improving their craft) 
and start  to consider the specific needs of students and faculty (such as creating cogent literature reviews).

15:00  Katy Börner (Indiana University)

“Teaching children the structure of science”
Katy will build on her extensive experiences in using maps to teach science to children. There are many lessons learned in this environment that are applicable to the educational requirements of graduate level work.

15:20  Ed Noyons (CWTS, Leiden University)

“Science maps and teaching: Experiences from the CWTS perspective”
Ed will build on his extensive experience in using maps within the context of research management and science policy. He focuses on the requirements of two groups (the researcher and the policy-maker) and one of the impediments to the successful adoption of maps (the user interface).

15:40 Loet Leydesdorff (University of Amsterdam)

“Making your own science maps”
Loet will review some of the software that he’s made available on his website so that researchers can make their own maps. Of particular note is the improvement in journal mapping software, and the recent use of dynamic mapping techniques.

16:00-16:30 Break

16:30  Ana Trevino (Tecnologico de Monterrey)
“Knowledge maps and universities”
Ana takes science mapping in a new direction by examining the content of course programs. This approach will provide fundamentally new insights into the relationship between disciplines and the development of course curricula.

16:50 Jordan Schoenherr (SciTech Strategies, Inc.)
“Student Perceptions of Maps of Science”
Jordan will present experimental research on how students perceive maps of science (in the context of learning, remembering and being excited about a field of research). The study found that while participants' graph comprehension decreased along with aesthetic appeal of the graphs, both the level of interest in an area of science and the perceived accuracy of the maps were highest at an intermediate level of node connectivity.

17:10  Kevin Boyack (SciTech Strategies, Inc.)
Kevin will moderate a discussion among the workshop attendees that will focus on Howard White’s call – to focus more on the specific needs of students and faculty.

17:30  Class Dismissed