Robert_E._Horn

Robert E. Horn

Robert E. Horn

American political scientist (born 1933)

Robert E. Horn (born 1933) is an American political scientist who taught at Harvard, Columbia, and Sheffield (U.K.) universities, and has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information.[1] He is known for the development of information mapping.[2]

Overview

Bob Horn is perhaps best known for his development of information mapping,[3] a method of information development called structured writing suited especially for technical communication.[4]

His latest contributions to the presentation of information have been in the field of visual language.[5] Horn has extended the use of visual language and visual analytics to develop methods—involving large, detailed infographics and argument map murals—for exploring and resolving wicked problems.[6]

Selected publications

  • Horn, Robert E.; Nicol, Elizabeth H.; Keinman, Joel C.; Grace, Michael G. (1969). Information mapping for learning and reference (PDF). Cambridge, MA; Springfield, VA: Information Resources Inc.; Reproduced by NTIS, United States Department of Commerce. OCLC 7580459. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  • Horn, Robert E.; Cleaves, Anne; Zuckerman, David W. (1980) [1970]. The guide to simulations/games for education and training (4th ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publications. ISBN 0803913753. OCLC 5310081.
  • Horn, Robert E. (1972). The guide to federal assistance for education. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. OCLC 308905.
  • Horn, Robert E. (1989). Mapping hypertext: the analysis, organization, and display of knowledge for the next generation of on-line text and graphics. Lexington, MA: Lexington Institute. ISBN 0962556505. OCLC 21439661.
  • Horn, Robert E. (1998). Visual language: global communication for the 21st century. Bainbridge Island, WA: MacroVU, Inc. ISBN 189263709X. OCLC 41138655.
  • Horn, Robert E. (1999). "Information design: the emergence of a new profession" (PDF). In Jacobson, Robert E. (ed.). Information design. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. pp. 15–34. ISBN 026210069X. OCLC 40693279.
  • Horn, Robert E. (2003). "Infrastructure for navigating interdisciplinary debates: critical decisions for representing argumentation". In Kirschner, Paul Arthur; Buckingham Shum, Simon J.; Carr, Chad S. (eds.). Visualizing argumentation: software tools for collaborative and educational sense-making. Computer supported cooperative work. London; New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 165–184. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.360.5673. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0037-9_8. ISBN 1852336641. OCLC 50676911.
  • Horn, Robert E. (April 2006). "What we do not know: using information murals to portray scientific ignorance". Futures. 38 (3): 372–377. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2005.07.009.

References

  1. [1]
    Kirschner, Paul Arthur; Buckingham Shum, Simon J.; Carr, Chad S., eds. (2003). Visualizing argumentation: software tools for collaborative and educational sense-making. Computer supported cooperative work. London; New York: Springer-Verlag. p. xxiv. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0037-9. ISBN 1852336641. OCLC 50676911. S2CID 46267938.
  2. [2]
    Cross, Jay (2007). "Bob Horn, informal learner extraordinaire". Informal learning: rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance. San Francisco: Pfeiffer/John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0787981693. OCLC 71426792.
  3. [3]
    Holman, Peggy; Devane, Tom; Cady, Steven, eds. (2007) [1999]. The change handbook: the definitive resource on today's best methods for engaging whole systems (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler. p. 582. ISBN 9781576753798. OCLC 66527256.
  4. [4]
    Romiszowski, A. J. (1986). "Structured writing or 'mapping': an information processing approach". Developing auto-instructional materials: from programmed texts to CAL and interactive video. Instructional development. Vol. 2. London; New York: Kogan Page; Nichols. p. 205. ISBN 0893972088. OCLC 11784707. Origins of structured writing: The structured writing techniques, described here, were developed by Robert E. Horn and his collaborators (Horn et al, 1969; Horn, 1973; 1974) under the name of 'Information Mapping'...
  5. [5]
    "An Interview with Robert E. Horn". education.jhu.edu. New Horizons for Learning, Johns Hopkins University School of Education. 1999. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. [6]
    Horn, Robert E.; Weber, Robert P. (2007). "New tools for resolving wicked problems: mess mapping and resolution mapping processes" (PDF). strategykinetics.com. MacroVU, Inc. and Strategy Kinetics, LLC.


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