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From: deliberation_research@yahoogroups.com [mailto:deliberation_research@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jack Paulus
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:35 PM
To: deliberation_research@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [delib] Looking for orientation on RE online deliberation tools

Hi Tom,

I can speak to truthmapping.com issues as I created it.  It is a private project not affiliated with any institution and has been enjoying steadily increasing usage.  I am aware of it being used by teachers in academic settings with great success (so they tell me).  I can answer other questions on the list or off.

take care,
jack

jack@truthmapping.com

On 12/14/06, Tom Murray < tmurray@....edu> wrote:

Hello,

I am involved in some online deliberation porjects and just discovered
this group. [It has 87 members but has not been very active--is it
still alive?]

If anyone is listening, I'd appreciate any thoughts on the following:

- One of my interests is in tools that support the ethical elements of
collaboration, communication, and decision-making. I am, for
instance, inspired by Habermas' Discourse Ethics. In particular I'm
interested in tools that support the cognitive/emotional skills needed
to engage deeply in dialog and multiple perspectives. Does anyone
have pointers to like-minded projects or research?

- Is there proceedings of presentation summaries for the Online
Deliberation DIAC-2005 conference?

- I recently discovered truthmapping.com. I see a lot of graphical
mind-map/concept map/sensemaking tools out there (this is a
particularly nice one for deliberation). Do you know of documents
pointing to such tools being used successfully in authentic situations
to foster deliberation and knowledge building?

--cheers, Tom

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