Knowledge Visualization and Visual Literacy in Science Education - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 152250480X ISBN 13 : 9781522504801

Editeur : Information Science Reference, 2016

Synopsis

Effective communication within learning environments is a pivotal aspect to students' success. By enhancing abstract concepts with visual media, students can achieve a higher level of retention and better understand the presented information. Knowledge Visualization and Visual Literacy in Science Education is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the implementation of visual images, aids, and graphics in classroom settings and focuses on how these methods stimulate critical thinking in students. Highlighting concepts relating to cognition, communication, and computing, this book is ideally designed for researchers, instructors, academicians, and students.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anna Ursyn , PhD, is a professor and Computer Graphics/Digital Media Area Head at the University of Northern Colorado. She combines programming, software and various media. Ursyn had over 40 single juried and invitational art shows, over 200 fine art exhibitions, such as over dozen times at SIGGRAPH Art Galleries, travelling shows Louvre, Paris, NTT Museum in Tokyo (5000 texts and 2000 images representing XX Century), and Virtual Media Network, the largest moving image outdoor display) Dallas Texas. Her work was selected to be sent by NASA to the Moon Museum MoonArk project. Research and pedagogy interests include integrated instruction in art, science, and computer art graphics. She published articles and artwork in books and journals. Since 1987 she serves as a Liaison, Organizing and Program Committee member of International IEEE Conferences on Information Visualization (iV) London, UK, and (CGIV), and as a Chair of the Symposium and Digital Art Gallery D-ART For iV. She serves as a chair of the SpaceTime International Student Competition for the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference. Anna has published six books with IGI-Global and book chapters. Website: Ursyn.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Information Science Reference
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 152250480X
• ISBN 13: 9781522504801
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Ursyn Anna
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible