VPython at this summer's Gordon Conference on visualization
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Bruce Sherwood
May 20, 2015, 11:42:06 PM5/20/15
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Jay Wang asked me to post this information about the Gordon Research Conference this summer on visualization, Aug 2-7, in Maine, https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=14029. Jay is running a pre-conference workshop on visualization techniques in the Python/VPython flavor, Jul 31-Aug 2 (Friday to Sunday). This workshop is free to conference attendants. Students and postdocs can get support from the conference organizer.
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Dear Colleague-
We would like to bring your attention to the two pre-conference workshops offered in conjunction with the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science & Education:
Workshop 1, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Visualizations: Mixed Methods,” will be led by Dr. Martin Storksdieck of Oregon State University, a nationally recognized assessment expert who is the former director of the Board on Science Education at the National Academies. This workshop will describe the broad range of measures available to assess the potential outcomes of visualization technologies for teaching science.
Workshop 2, “Approaches to Designing Effective Visualizations: VPython,” will be led by Dr. Jay Wang from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth. (A gallery of his creations can be explored at http://www.faculty.umassd.edu/j.wang/vp/movie.htm.) This workshop will introduce Web visualization technologies with a focus on VPython with which participants will build prototype visualizations.
This year the workshops will be held at Tufts University in Boston, July 31-August 2. Transportation from the workshop venue in Boston to the GRC conference site at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine will be provided by the organizers. Housing and workshop fees are paid for by the organizing committee. Each workshop is limited to 20 participants, and we invite you to consider signing up for one soon as these fill up fast. Please note that you must be registered for the 2015 Gordon Conference in Visualization in Science and Education in order to participate in a workshop. We also encourage you to forward this invitation to members of your professional community who may find a workshop of interest. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are especially encouraged to participate. You can find out more details about the workshops and the conference by visiting the conference chair’s web site - http://www.jmu.edu/gordonconf2015/index.shtml . Also a detailed description of each is added at the end of this email for your convenience.
Please do not hesitate to ask if you have questions: for a quick response, please send questions to co-vice-chair Mike Stieff at mst...@uic.edu.
We hope to see you at the workshops and the 2015 Gordon Conference on Visualization in Science and Education!
Bob Kolvoord and Katharina Scheiter (co-chairs)
Mike Stieff and Ann Batiza (co-vice-chairs)
A detailed description of the workshops for your convenience is provided below:
Workshop 1, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Visualizations: Mixed Methods,” will be led by Dr. Martin Storksdieck of Oregon State University, a nationally recognized assessment expert who isthe former director of the Board on Science Education at the National Academies. This workshop will describe the broad range of measures available to assess the potential outcomes of visualization technologies for teaching science. The objective of the workshop will be to familiarize participants with unique methodological approaches to assess changes in: 1) cognition, 2) learning processes and outcomes, 3) pedagogical methods, and 4) social interactions that may result from using visualizations in scientific and educational settings. A particular focus will be on methodologies aimed at determining the processes and strategies underlying learning with visualizations to better understand not just that, but also why visualizations aided learning (e.g., by means of thinking aloud, drawing, eye tracking). Part of the workshop will be devoted to an assessment design “clinic” where participants and workshop leaders provide feedback on proposed assessment designs. This has proven to be a popular feature in the past.
Workshop 2, “Approaches to Designing Effective Visualizations: VPython,” will be led by Dr. Jay Wang from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth. (A gallery of his creations can be explored at http://www.faculty.umassd.edu/j.wang/vp/movie.htm . ) This workshop will introduce Web visualization technologies with a focus on VPython with which participants will build prototype visualizations. Effective representation and visualization of data is essential in the increasingly data-centric world of STEM research and education. VPython is an open-source, object-oriented visual library capable of producing 3D animation and advanced visualization with nearly unmatched simplicity and flexibility for the novice and the expert alike - and it is becoming widely used in the STEM community. Through exercises and mini-projects, the participants will learn how to use VPython to express simple models and simulations. Programming experience is helpful but not required. After the workshop, participants should be able to develop basic VPython programs and templates to manipulate 3D objects and create animations.
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Dear Colleague-
We would like to bring your attention to the two pre-conference workshops offered in conjunction with the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science & Education:
Workshop 1, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Visualizations: Mixed Methods,” will be led by Dr. Martin Storksdieck of Oregon State University, a nationally recognized assessment expert who is the former director of the Board on Science Education at the National Academies. This workshop will describe the broad range of measures available to assess the potential outcomes of visualization technologies for teaching science.
Workshop 2, “Approaches to Designing Effective Visualizations: VPython,” will be led by Dr. Jay Wang from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth. (A gallery of his creations can be explored at http://www.faculty.umassd.edu/j.wang/vp/movie.htm.) This workshop will introduce Web visualization technologies with a focus on VPython with which participants will build prototype visualizations.
This year the workshops will be held at Tufts University in Boston, July 31-August 2. Transportation from the workshop venue in Boston to the GRC conference site at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine will be provided by the organizers. Housing and workshop fees are paid for by the organizing committee. Each workshop is limited to 20 participants, and we invite you to consider signing up for one soon as these fill up fast. Please note that you must be registered for the 2015 Gordon Conference in Visualization in Science and Education in order to participate in a workshop. We also encourage you to forward this invitation to members of your professional community who may find a workshop of interest. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are especially encouraged to participate. You can find out more details about the workshops and the conference by visiting the conference chair’s web site - http://www.jmu.edu/gordonconf2015/index.shtml . Also a detailed description of each is added at the end of this email for your convenience.
Please do not hesitate to ask if you have questions: for a quick response, please send questions to co-vice-chair Mike Stieff at mst...@uic.edu.
We hope to see you at the workshops and the 2015 Gordon Conference on Visualization in Science and Education!
Bob Kolvoord and Katharina Scheiter (co-chairs)
Mike Stieff and Ann Batiza (co-vice-chairs)
A detailed description of the workshops for your convenience is provided below:
Workshop 1, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Visualizations: Mixed Methods,” will be led by Dr. Martin Storksdieck of Oregon State University, a nationally recognized assessment expert who isthe former director of the Board on Science Education at the National Academies. This workshop will describe the broad range of measures available to assess the potential outcomes of visualization technologies for teaching science. The objective of the workshop will be to familiarize participants with unique methodological approaches to assess changes in: 1) cognition, 2) learning processes and outcomes, 3) pedagogical methods, and 4) social interactions that may result from using visualizations in scientific and educational settings. A particular focus will be on methodologies aimed at determining the processes and strategies underlying learning with visualizations to better understand not just that, but also why visualizations aided learning (e.g., by means of thinking aloud, drawing, eye tracking). Part of the workshop will be devoted to an assessment design “clinic” where participants and workshop leaders provide feedback on proposed assessment designs. This has proven to be a popular feature in the past.
Workshop 2, “Approaches to Designing Effective Visualizations: VPython,” will be led by Dr. Jay Wang from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth. (A gallery of his creations can be explored at http://www.faculty.umassd.edu/j.wang/vp/movie.htm . ) This workshop will introduce Web visualization technologies with a focus on VPython with which participants will build prototype visualizations. Effective representation and visualization of data is essential in the increasingly data-centric world of STEM research and education. VPython is an open-source, object-oriented visual library capable of producing 3D animation and advanced visualization with nearly unmatched simplicity and flexibility for the novice and the expert alike - and it is becoming widely used in the STEM community. Through exercises and mini-projects, the participants will learn how to use VPython to express simple models and simulations. Programming experience is helpful but not required. After the workshop, participants should be able to develop basic VPython programs and templates to manipulate 3D objects and create animations.
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