Course Content
Introduction and Developing a Mind Map
The objective and aim of the Mind Mapping process is to help learners strengthen and develop their skills, develop self-awareness, connect ideas, grow creativity and areas for improvement, to identify areas in which to further develop, see patterns and gaps and branch out with their training needs, develop improvements, explore new concepts, review and refine. Mind maps can be used to problem solve, plan, and organize self-development.
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Introduction
Introduction (Cont)
Presentation and Strategy
During this session, you are encouraged to develop your own Mind Maps, this should be a simple subject, best related to something they are aware of, a general topic Health and Physical Education, Climate and the Environment, Culture, Social Sciences or General Education. Use examples in following slides.
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Presentation
Strategy
Challenges and Pitfalls
Identification of common issues, such as overcrowding, lack of creativity, or difficulty prioritising information.
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Challenges and Pitfalls
Quality and Assessment
There are many ways that learners work can be assessed and evaluated for quality and effectiveness. This section allows the learner how to check their materials for quality and correctness.
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Quality and Assessment
Cultural Mind Map Training
Mind Maps can be a great tool for cultural training, here we can develop some ideas that you can incorporate into your training sessions.
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Cultural Mind Map
Developing a Basic Mind Map
Basic Mind Maps can be developed simply on a blank sheet of paper, a white board or on a computer.
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Mind Map Development
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Basic Mind Map 1
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Basic Mind Maps 2
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Basic Mind Maps 3
Basic Mind Maps 4
Basic Mind Maps 5
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Assessing competence in Mind Mapping
Here we have a number of methods and criteria of assessing your skills in developing Mind Maps.
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Assessing competence in Mind Mapping
Key Points
Points to help you along the route of developing a good Mind Map.
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key Points
Topic Assessment
This is a group of Multichoice assessment questions which you can use to score your level of achievement. The assessment can be checked after each question and a total score provided on completion.
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Mind Map Multi Choice Assessesment
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Slides
Here you can download a copy of the course slides
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Mind Map Slides
Creativity with Mind Maps
    About Lesson
    • Exercise: Select a problem, article, potential issue and create a Mind Map based out of your understanding of the content. You are encouraged to map out key issues, characteristics, identify and make connections between the various elements on the Mind Map.
    • Explain the concept: What is Mind Mapping. It is a visual tool that helps organise thoughts, ideas, and information. Remember that Mind Maps are flexible, creative, and can be used for various purposes.
    • Highlight the Benefits: Mind Maps leads to better memory retention, the understanding of complex topics, that it is a form of note taking and enhances creativity within a team or individual.
    • Basic Structure: Present a simple Mind Map, a Mind Map starts with a central topic, and from this topic we develop a series of branches radiating outwards from the main theme. As a new sub-branch is formed try to understand that this represents a further idea of the main topic, use keywords, colour code and use images if this presents a more visual idea. 
    • Hands-On Approach: Work with a blank sheet of paper/screen, or use a Mind Map software and develop a Mind Map based on the topic (Multicultural Development). Here you are encourage to be experimental and creative. (Tutors should offer guidance and feedback as Mind Maps develops).
    • Practice: You are encouraged the use on Mind Maps within regular lessons, generation of ideas or whenever a suitable situation occurs, a group or work problem, an unforeseen issue, a new opportunity, you may create a Mind map around any issue and look at new ideas of dealing with the situation of specific topic, use in any brainstorming sessions or within the planning of a new project.
    • Review and Reflect: You should review the created Mind Map along with your tutor, examine the positives and the negatives, what may work and further improvements. During this exercise you are encouraged to self-reflect, did the Mind map lead to a better understanding, did it lead to a result, was it an effective exercise, did it provide a clearer picture in dealing or understanding with the topic. Celebrate your success.
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