Debategraph

Debategraph is a web-based, collaborative idea visualization tool, focusing on complex public policy issues.

It has been used by the White House^[1], the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office,^[2], the Amanpour series on CNN^[3], and The Independent newspaper^[4] and was named as one of the Best Websites for Teaching and Learning by the American Association of School Librarians in 2010.^[5]

Debategraph is a social venture operating under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license^{[citation needed]}.

History

Debategraph was co-founded in March 2008 by the former Australian Minister for Higher Education Peter Baldwin and David Price.

References

1. ^ White House blog - Open Government Brainstorm: Collaboration in Action
2. ^ UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Nuclear debategraph
3. ^ Amanpour, CNN - Debategraph
4. ^ The Independent - Mapping the Path to Peace in the Middle East
5. ^ American Association of School Librarians - Best Websites for Teaching and Learning 2010

See also

• Mind mapping
• Argument map
• Wicked problem
• Online deliberation

External links

• Official site
• BBC Digital Planet - Another way to look at the crisis
• ABC.es - Interview with Debategraph co-founder (Spanish)
• Epoca - Blog do Planeta
• 350.org - How to visualize climate change
• Breitband - Debategraph
• White House blog