Visualization in Science and Education

本次科学与教育可视化会议汇集了来自四个领域的实践者：科学家、认知心理学家、教育家和评估者，共同探讨科学教学和教学科学。这四个部门都需要确保下一代可视化工具是准确的（科学家的角色），传达预期的信息（认知心理学家的角色），并尽量减少学习障碍（教育者的角色）。评估者是第四个部门，通过确定学生是否吸收了预期的信息和评估可视化是否促进了这一过程，形成了其他三个小组的基本基础。会议的主要目的是为更有效地传达预期意义的图像奠定基础。为了让与会者了解最新的硬件和软件发展，该项目包括一个会前工作坊。研讨会参与者将获得尖端硬件和软件的实践经验。最后，为了确保新形成的合作的持久变化，会议参与者将被邀请申请迷你补助金。小额奖助金由数额不大的资金组成，旨在协助开发更大范围的提案，以创造新技术或改进现有的可视化工具，以实现重新定义教学交付的承诺。此外，还计划了一个专门讨论替代学习方式的会议，这一主题预计将吸引广泛的听众。作为戈登研究会议组织的一部分，这次会议做了很好的宣传，从科学研究和教育企业的所有成员中招募参与者。

This Conference on Visualization in Science and Education brings together practitioners from four sectors: scientists, cognitive psychologists, educators, and evaluators to examine the teaching of science and the science of teaching. All four sectors are needed to ensure that the next generation of visualization tools are accurate (the scientists' role), convey the intended message (the cognitive psychologists' role) and minimize barriers to learning (the educators' role). Evaluators, the fourth sector, form the essential base for the other three groups by determining that the student has assimilated the intended message and evaluating whether the visualization facilitated the process. The primary purpose of the conference is to lay the foundation for images that are ever more effective at conveying the intended meaning. To bring participants up-to-speed on the latest hardware and software developments, the project contains a pre-conference Workshop. Workshop participants will be provided with hands-on experience with cutting-edge hardware and software. Finally, to ensure a lasting change from the newly formed collaborations, conference participants will be invited to apply for Mini-Grants. Mini-Grants consist of modest funds that are intended to assist with development of larger scope proposals to either create new technology or improve existing tools for visualization to deliver on the promise of reconceptualizing instructional delivery. In addition, a session is planned that specifically addresses alternate learning styles, a subject that is expected to appeal to a broad audience. As part of the Gordon Research Conference Organization, the conference is well advertised, recruiting participants from all members of the science research and education enterprise.