“By creating we think, by living we learn” Patrick Geddes
The University formally launched its edr initiative in October 2008 following the approval of an outline University-wide edr strategy on 8 June 2008. An edr Strategy Group was established to consult on and bring forward further plans and proposals to embed edr in the University.
The Group drafted a policy linkage document for the approval of the Human Resources Committee on 2 October 2008 and by Court on 27 October 2008 to embed edr practice as an option for relevant University policies. The Group has also drafted a pledge which outlines the underlying set of principles for mediation to ensure that parties to a mediation are aware of the standards and qualities which hallmark any mediation taking place within the University of Dundee. The University's mediators adhere to the principles described in the European Code of Conduct for Mediators and the University is a member of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).
edr Strategy Group
The meeting of the edr Strategy Group on 19 October 2010 discussed the potential application for edr at Dundee of IT in the field of argumentation. Professor Chris Reed and other members of Dundee'sArgumentation Research Group including Floris Bex, John Lawrence and Mark Snaith, presented current research and applications in argumentation technology to support mediation processes.
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Mark Snaith from Dundee's Argumentation Research Group demonstrates the use of a Microsoft Surface in interacting with electronic argumentation resources.
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The Surface allows arguments and debates to be attached to physical objects such as books and transcripts. When a book is dropped onto the Surface, the arguments within it 'spill out' and can be manipulated.
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The edr Strategy group learn how to interact with the Argument Web through an interface implemented on the Microsoft Surface.
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