Workshop Schedule
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