Workshop Program

In an effort to make much of the workshop content available, we have included many of the presentations and posters from the workshop as powerpoint and pdf files linked to this workshop program.

All sessions are in the Alumni Guest House (AGH) Meeting Room unless otherwise indicated

Thursday, February 26

5:00-6:00
Opening remarks (AGH Library): Welcome, workshop goals (PowerPoint 43kB Mar9 04)

Gallery Walk: Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations: What are the opportunities?, Where are the challenges?
This opening activity is envisioned as an opportunity for participants to share their interests, ideas and concerns to guide further workshop discussions.
Group report out: synthesizing a list of important items/ideas

6:00 Reception and dinner (AGH)
Dessert speaker: Michelle Hall Wallace, University of Arizona
Visualizations: What did you mean? What did they see? How do you know? (PowerPoint 2MB Mar9 04)

Friday, February 27

Continental breakfast available at the Country Inn

Using Visualizations to Tell Stories

8:30-10:00

Presentations (introduction to topic, 3 presentations of 15 minutes including one from geoscientist, learning scientist, short discussion after each presentation)

• Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
  Visualizing 150 Years of Landscape Change with a Web-based, Community Image Archive (PowerPoint 8.1MB Mar17 04).
• Steve Reynolds, Arizona State University
  Visualization in College Geology Courses: Interactive Visualizations and their Assessment (PowerPoint 8.3MB Mar9 04)
• Barbara Tversky, Stanford University
  How Diagrams Tell Stories (PowerPoint 12.4MB Nov19 04)

10:00-10:45

Break with demonstrations and posters

• Jimm Myers, University of Wyoming
  Combining Physical and Computer Models to Aid Introductory Students with Spatial Visualization Skills.
• Robert Filson, Green River Community College
  Simulations in Interdisciplinary Science (PowerPoint 169kB Feb23 04).
• Tanya Atwater, University of California, Santa Barbara
  Plusses and Pitfalls in Creating/Using Educational Geo-animations
• John Geissman, University of New Mexico
  Teaching Field Geology is all about Visualization (PowerPoint 22.4MB Mar11 04)
• Mark McCaffrey, CIRES, Boulder, CO
  Visualize Climate Change and Variability. (Acrobat (PDF) 5.6MB Mar9 04)
• Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
  Visualizing 200 Years of Landscape Change in Vermont (PowerPoint 1.4MB Feb23 04).
• Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
  Why Some Student Have Trouble with Maps and Spatial Representations: An On-line Tutorial for Geoscience Faculty (Acrobat (PDF) 19.2MB Feb25 04)
• David Uttal, Northwestern University
  On the Relation Between Visualizations and Spatial Thinking.
• Steve Reynolds, Arizona State University
  The Hidden Earth Curriculum -- Interactive Visualizations in Introductory Geology Courses (Acrobat (PDF) 117kB Feb26 04)
• Dan Montello, University of California, Santa Barbara
  Cognitive and Perceptual Aspects of Information Spatializations.

Assignment: meet 1 person whose work complements your own (that you didn't already know) report on their work at your round table.

10:45-12:00

Round table discussions (tables assigned):
What have we learned?
What do we need to know?
How do we go about learning this?
What are opportunites, challenges and next steps?

12:00-1:30 Lunch: Language and Dining Center

Using Visualizations to Explore and Understand Data

1:30-3:00

Presentations (introduction to topic, 3 presentations of 15 minutes including one from geoscientist, learning scientist, short discussion after each presentation)

• Vicki Hansen, University of Minnesota-Duluth
  Scientific Investigation Across the Ages: Examples from Venus
• Kim Kastens, Columbia University
  Pitfalls and Possibilities in Using Maps to Visualize Earth Data and Understand Earth Processes (PowerPoint 3.7MB Mar9 04)
• Bill Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines
  Immersive Visualization in Interdisciplinary Research and Education (Acrobat (PDF) 1.1MB Mar9 04)

3:00-3:45

Break with demonstrations and posters

• Vicki Hansen, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  Investigations of Venus Through Rose-(and Blue-)Colored Glass: 3-D Visualizations of SAR and Altimetry Data.
• William Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
  Seeing Complex Systems as They Really Are and Should Be: Moving from 2-D to 3-D Viewing Perspectives For Teaching and Research (Acrobat (PDF) 2.5MB Feb25 04)
• Colleen Riley Northwestern University
  Using My World GIS to Explore the Earth. (PowerPoint 520kB Mar9 04)

• Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  Practical 3-D Visualization for Understanding Maps.
• Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University,
  Visualization in a Regional Planning Group Activity for Non-Science Majors.
• Peter Guth, United States Naval Academy
  MICRODEM- Geoscience-Centered GIS (PowerPoint 5.6MB Feb23 04).
• Laurel Goodell, Princeton University
  Tracking Tectonic Plates.
• Laura Sanders, Northeastern Illinois University
  Know the Flow: Exploring Ground Water Movement with 3-D Modeling (PowerPoint 219kB Feb26 04)
• Tom Baker, University of Kansas
  Internet-based GIS (and more) in pre-collegiate science education (Acrobat (PDF) 214kB Mar9 04)
• Kirsten Butcher, NCAR/UCAR
  Preliminary Data on Student Learning with VGEE (The Visual Geophysical Exploration Environment).
• Raj Chaudhury, Norfolk State University
  Learning Science Through Visualization.
• Mickey Gunter, University of Idaho
  Teaching Mineralology and Optical Mineralology: A 3-D Animated Approach.
• Carlos Aiken,University of Texas, Dallas
  Acquisition and Use of 3D Photorealistic Models for Virtual Fieldtrips and Exercises

3:45-4:45

Round table discussions: What have we learned, opportunities, challenges and next steps (same tables)

4:45-5:30 Whole group report out, discussion and synthesis

Dinner on the town

7:30 Poster Session and Demonstrations (full size posters and all demonstrations available)

Saturday, February 28

Continental breakfast available at the Country Inn

Powerful Emerging Tools and Technologies for Visualization and their Uses

8:30-10:00

Presentations

• Jeff Sales San Diego State University
  Using Advanced Interactivity to Create Compelling Simulations for Immersive Earth Science Visualizations
• David Rapp University of Minnesota
  Teaching Students to Read Topographic Maps: Pilot Assessments of GEOWALL
• Jim Slotta University of California-Berkeley
  "Technology-enhanced Science Curriculum: New Opportunities for Learning and Instruction.

10:00-10:45

Break with demonstrations and posters

• David Rapp and Paul Morin,University of Minnesota
  Stereo Visualizations as Training Tools for Comprehending Topographic Maps (Acrobat (PDF) 1.2MB Feb23 04).
• Sian Proctor, South Mountain Community College
  Contour Maps: What Do Students See?
• Douglas Clark, Western Washington University
  Dunite Dust and Deltas: Taking a Delta Out for a Test Drive (PowerPoint 9.7MB Feb25 04)
• Jeff Sale, University of San Diego
  Teaching With Wireless and Optical Telecommunication: Visualizing Field Data.
• Janice Gobert, Concord Consortium
  Harnessing Technology to Support On-Line Model Building and Peer Collaboration for Learning About Plate Tectonics. (PowerPoint 4.4MB Mar9 04)
• Debi Kilb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  Development of 3-D Interactive Visual Object Using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Visualization Center.
• Bruce Caron, New Media Studio
  Data Discovery Toolkit Technology: Connecting the DAAC to the Desktop (PowerPoint 1.8MB Feb23 04).
• Ramon Lopez, University of Texas, El Paso
  Student interpretations of space science imagery and visualizations: 2-D vs. 3-D images of the substorm current wedge (PowerPoint 580kB Mar9 04)
• Peter Knoop, University of Michigan
  GeoPad: Information Technology for Field Science Education and Research.
• Jim Slotta, University of California,Berkeley
  Technology-enhanced Learning: Promises and Pitfalls.

10:45-12:00

Round table discussions: Guidelines for developing visualizations. How to assess visualizations? How do we learn what students know and see when they come to our courses? How do we engage students in generating their own visualizations and what do we know about the impact of these on their learning? What do we know about the role of the instructor in effective use of visualizations? What do we know about design of effective activities using visualizations? Review of existing visualization development tools.

12:00-1:30 Lunch: Language and Dining Center

Looking Forward:Ideas, Products, Plans

1:30-2:30

Whole Group Discussion - where are we now, what do we do next? develop working groups for next step planning

2:30-4:30

Working Group Meetings: What visualizations are needed? Cognitive research questions. Collections on the website. Learning what students see in visualizations. Technology platforms and interoperability.

4:30-5:30

Reports, synthesis, evaluation, next steps

7:00 Dinner at the Village Cafe

Sunday, February 29

Departures