Ria Hanewald, School of Education Title: “Developing graduate attributes through collaborative online concept mapping” The Multi-Modal Online Concept Mapping in the Science Communication Curriculum project was supported by a Teaching and Learning grant in 2011 from the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University. The author would like to thank the IHMC of the Florida University System for providing C-map tools. Thank you to all participating students for their contributions.

Institute of Teaching and Learning, Graduate attributes - what are they?

http://www.deakin.edu.au/itl/pd/tl-modules/curriculum/grad-attrib/grad-attr-02.php

• Skills• critical analysis, problem solving, and creative thinking• identifying, gathering, evaluating and using information• communicating effectively and appropriately in a range

of contexts• developing, planning and managing independent work• working effectively as part of a team• effectively using information and communication

technologies• applying knowledge learned in the program to new

situations.

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IHMC = Institute IHMC is a not-for-profit research institute of the Florida University System and is affiliated with several Florida universities of Human Machine Cognition

http://cmap.ihmc.us/

Note: More than one answer was possible

Students’ thoughts on the development of graduate attributes through collaborative digital concept mapping (N=93)Q: Circle the skills you think that concept mapping will help/ has helped you develop:

Waurn Ponds Students out of 33

Burwood Students out of 60

A1 Critical analysis, problem solving, and creative thinking 19 26

A2 Identifying, gathering, evaluating and using information 27 39

A3 Communicating effectively and appropriately in a range of contexts

14 31

A4 Developing, planning and managing independent work 20 25

A5 Working effectively as part of a team 13 22

A6 Effectively using information and communication technologies 14 22

A7 Applying knowledge in the program to new situations 6 12

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