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Abstract

Concept mapping was developed in the 1980s as a unique integration of qualitative (group process, brainstorming, unstructured sorting, interpretation) and quantitative (multidimensional scaling, hierarchical cluster analysis) methods designed to enable a group of people to articulate and depict graphically a coherent conceptual framework or model of any topic or issue of interest. This introduction provides the basic definition and description of the methodology for the newcomer and describes the steps typically followed in its most standard canonical form (preparation, generation, structuring, representation, interpretation and utilization). It also introduces this special issue which reviews the history of the methodology, describes its use in a variety of contexts, shows the latest ways it can be integrated with other methodologies, considers methodological advances and developments, and sketches a vision of the future of the method’s evolution.

4.5. The future of concept mapping

The special issue concludes with a look at the future of the method by McLinden (this issue 14). One of the most important events that occurred over the same span of time as concept mapping has evolved is the development of the internet. While the web has already had important implications for concept mapping, the author points out that its ultimate impacts may still lie ahead. He suggests that the global and interactive nature of the internet allows for potentially transformative involvement of participants who can collaborate on structured conceptualizations through the recently discussed approaches associated with the “wisdom of crowds”, “wise crowds and wicked problems”. He also discusses how the revolution in data visualization enables novel ways to represent program theory and suggests that concept mapping could have an increasingly important role in such visual development. The vision of the future he sketches for concept mapping is both a stunning look at its potential evolution and a challenge to those of us who might play a role in its realization.