Abstract. Educational researchers have used advanced technologies in
visualization and modeling to create powerful educational
environments. We would now like to use what we have learned,
along with the knowledge of teachers and scientists, to further
advance engineering research and develop that will create even more
powerful VisMod technology to specifically support education.
Group Contact: Bob Kozma.
Max Nikias, Lou Schultz, Rosemary Leary, Wee Ling Wong,
David Hestenes, Richard Beckwith, George Collison,
JeffFriedman, Ron Thorton, Chris Dede, Ricki Goldman-Segal,
Iris Tabak, Marcia Linn, Bob Kozma
Create new technologies for educational visualizations and modeling.
Create a ongoing discussion between educational researchers,
teachers, and scientists and engineers that informs (and is informed
by) the research and development agenda of engineering research groups.
Identify/create a set of concepts/language that allows educational
researchers, teachers, scientists, and engineers to talk productively
about the educational application of visualization and modeling
technologies.
Use these to support the discussion, codify what we have learned,
identify needs, and create new technologies.
The diverse experiences and knowledge of classroom teachers, educational
researchers, and engineers.
A lot of advanced VisMod technology that has, for the most part, been
developed outside an educational context.
Create an onging forum (i.e., within CILT?) in which engineers,
teachers, educational researchers, and scientists would discuss the
advances in knowledge and technology in visualizations and modeling
for learning and understanding in science and math.
Look at specific projects visualization and modeling software in:
chemistry modeling, biology, physics. Use these to focus discussion
about what has been learned and to identify new technologies that
need to be developed in order to learn and do more.
Involve other advanced engineering R&D facilities, VizMod researchers,
and teachers who use visualization and modeling environments in
their teaching.
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