NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING A. DATA VISUALIZATION B. CMU’S OPEN LEARNING INITIATIVE Dr Aziza Ellozy, CLT Director & Assoc. Dean for Learning Technologies Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008
DATA VISUALIZATION Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008
1545, Gesner: “the confusing and harmful abundance of books” “The amount of unique, new information generated worldwide will be more than the previous 5,000 years” (ELI annual meeting, 2008) Information overload Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008
Our cognitive capacity is limited Visualization of data augments our cognitive capacity Not enough experts to make sense of data Need to rely on software and the “Collective Intelligence” Information overload Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008
Some of the available tools Gapminder Worldmapper ManyEyes Tools for Data Visualization Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008
Hans Rosling: Gapminder.org Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008 Click here “Debunking 3 rd world myths”
Worldmapper.com Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008
ManyEyes.com Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008
Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative (OLI) Faculty Development Institute Spring 2008