design issues of argument diagram - Global Sensemaking2024-03-29T09:42:39Zhttp://globalsensemaking.net/forum/topics/design-issues-of-argument?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI agree with you completely.…tag:globalsensemaking.net,2009-01-06:2052744:Comment:98032009-01-06T17:32:59.000ZMarije van Amelsvoorthttp://globalsensemaking.net/profile/MarijevanAmelsvoort
I agree with you completely. Design depends a lot on how big the map is, or how difficult the issue, or on whether more than one person is working on it for that matter.<br />
I did a short study where I asked people's preferences for text or diagram on different difficulty levels. When the argument was very simple or very difficult, people tended to prefer text over graphical displays. When intermediate, they preferred diagrams. However, this preference may also be extended when a good design is…
I agree with you completely. Design depends a lot on how big the map is, or how difficult the issue, or on whether more than one person is working on it for that matter.<br />
I did a short study where I asked people's preferences for text or diagram on different difficulty levels. When the argument was very simple or very difficult, people tended to prefer text over graphical displays. When intermediate, they preferred diagrams. However, this preference may also be extended when a good design is imposed. But the question remains whether there is such a thing as a 'good' design.<br />
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Marije Marije,
Those are great ques…tag:globalsensemaking.net,2009-01-05:2052744:Comment:97612009-01-05T20:22:57.000ZMark Kleinhttp://globalsensemaking.net/profile/MarkKlein
Marije,<br />
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Those are great questions, well worth discussing. One issue I've encountered is that the answers to these questions seem to change with the size of the map and the scope of the discussion. In a small map, we can keep the physical layout of the posts pretty fixed, and use that layout as a kind of secondary notation. In a large and rapidly changing map, however, I believe that graphical layouts become impractical, and we have to try something different e.g. narrative summaries of…
Marije,<br />
<br />
Those are great questions, well worth discussing. One issue I've encountered is that the answers to these questions seem to change with the size of the map and the scope of the discussion. In a small map, we can keep the physical layout of the posts pretty fixed, and use that layout as a kind of secondary notation. In a large and rapidly changing map, however, I believe that graphical layouts become impractical, and we have to try something different e.g. narrative summaries of different subsets of the argument map.<br />
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Mark