Comments on: 2011 GRC Visualization in Science and Education http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/07/18/2011-grc-visualization-in-science-and-education/?src=elegantfigures-rss On data visualization and information design on the Earth Observatory. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark Kramer http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/07/18/2011-grc-visualization-in-science-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-26494 Mark Kramer Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:57:04 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=436#comment-26494 Mark from WeatherMark

Hope to be able to use these forthcoming examples to show students that they need to think as well as teachers as a physical instructional example.

]]> By: Joe Witte http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/07/18/2011-grc-visualization-in-science-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-26383 Joe Witte Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:20:50 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=436#comment-26383 RE: “It’s impossible to pay attention to two things at once.”
There is some interesting research from Richard Mayer’s work in the multimedia cognitive learning field that is helpful. The impossibility of paying attention to two things at once is part of the cognitive load theory.
It helps explain why the standard ppt is so boring… we can sight-read the text on the screen much faster than the presenter can read the copy so our input from our eyes quickly outruns the audio input from the speaker. Quetion: If the “thumb” is the narrow point of say “full attention” then what does that say for where any explanatory text should be placed? How effective are legends?

]]> By: Mark from Epic Graphic http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/07/18/2011-grc-visualization-in-science-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-26193 Mark from Epic Graphic Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:51:37 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=436#comment-26193 Looking forward to the examples and interesting bits.

I’ve been meaning to respond to your request in a previous post for ideas to write about. It’s still on my to do list. Will get back to you…

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