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International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC

International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC. Representing Discourse through Argument Mapping Techniques. Overview. Online Consultations need support to realise their potential. Importance of ‘Deliberation’. Facilitator a key rôle in getting good results.

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International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC

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  1. International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC Representing Discourse through Argument Mapping Techniques

  2. Overview • Online Consultations need support to realise their potential. • Importance of ‘Deliberation’. • Facilitator a key rôle in getting good results. • Discourse Analysis and measuring deliberation. • Argument mapping: making sense of complex issues.

  3. Discourse Icons

  4. Benefits • Facilitator • Host – introduction to discussion topic. • Host – weekly summary. • Librarian – summary of debate when closed. • Reporter – supplement to evaluation report. • User • Clarifies argument structure. • Consultation Owner • Overview of consultation responses.

  5. Display of Discussions in Online Forum

  6. Map of Discussions in Forum

  7. Map of whole Discussion

  8. Display of Threads in Discussion

  9. Display of Single Thread within Discussion

  10. Moderator’s Overview of Discussion

  11. Problems & Further Work Problems • Resource implications. • Objectivity. Further work • Utilise other Discourse Analysis dimensions. • Maps of topics rather than threads. • Allow users to create arguments with these icons.

  12. Conclusions • Online Consultations a valued means of participation. • Supporting Facilitation vital to meaningful debate. • Data available through Discourse Analysis. • Present this data using mapping techniques. • Provides overviews of debate: • To stimulate participation. • To assist in evaluation.

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