Hi Jenny,
I should have put my post here! I did a footprint (template 2) the interactive and loved using the interactive tool. I also used the "mapping sheet for visual learners" to help me to create the map.
Yes, I am sure that you 3 have spent countless hours discussing the language and so congrats on getting it out there. I found myself pondering what the words meant to me and also found myself wondering if I was interpreting the words in the way that you 3 might have meant for them to be used/considered. I think what happened for me is in doing this footprint on my own (without your expert coaching : ) I was left to my own devices to figure out and work with the language. I think this is fine. I had no real trouble doing this.
Truthfully, the process helped me to consider my experience and I found myself wondering if the instructor's intentions of the course that I mapped would be reflected in my own experience and map. So, alignments "was her intention and my experience of the course similar or hugely different"? I wonder. I think I should send her your link and get her to do a map and then we can have a cool discussion about her online course for 500!
As for the images - they can be a useful trigger but wiht all images, they are the designers' representation of what they mean so for me they too shape a construct in one's mind. It's hard to find images that fully and accurately represent intention. I found myself using the text against my own thoughts to help me with the factors.
Clustering - again is a complex process and no doubt you have spent hours re-orgnizing the clusters....let me think about it and get back to you on this.
cheers,
Barb