TY - JOUR A2 - Schmidt-Hertha, Bernhard AU - De George-Walker, Linda AU - Tyler, Mark A. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/06/01 TI - Collaborative Concept Mapping: Connecting with Research Team Capacities SP - 836068 VL - 2014 AB - Concept mapping has generally been used as a means to increase the depth and breadth of understanding within a particular knowledge domain or discipline. In this paper we trace the deployment of collaborative concept mapping by a research team in higher education and analyse its effectiveness using the crime metaphor of motive, means, and opportunity. This case study exemplifies two iterations of the research team’s collaborative concept map and shows how the process of the construction of such maps enabled the opportunity for team dialogue and coconstruction that was focused, hands-on, and visual. The concept mapping process provided the team with a meaning-making mechanism through which to share understandings and explore the team’s potential capacities. SN - 2090-4002 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/836068 DO - 10.1155/2014/836068 JF - Education Research International PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -