Archive | Data visualization

What We’re Reading | October 13, 2016

Being a Scholar in the Digital Era

By ACERT
Topics : Data visualization, Social and sharing, Technology

With the backdrop of today’s rapidly changing academic landscape, there are vast opportunities for using new technologies in scholarly work. Polly Thistlewaite and Jessie Daniels explore using digital technologies to bring together academics, journalists, and activists to produce knowledge and promote social justice.

Tool Talk | October 6, 2016

Enhancing student engagement using Airserver

By ACERT and Manashi Chatterjee
Topics : Assess student work, Data visualization, Lectures, Mobile apps and devices, Student Engagement

Traditional methods of teaching organic chemistry via lecture do not provide active learning opportunities for students. Instead, meaningful learning occurs when students are encouraged to participate and work on problems rather than waiting to copy instructors’ answers. We report how the use of “iPad with AirServer” in an organic chemistry lecture course can make student thinking visible.

Day of DigPed: Keynote on “Web writing and data visualization in liberal arts pedagogy”

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Data visualization, Online writing and reflection

Tuesday
May 3, 2016
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Chanin (B126 HW)

Day of DigPed: Keynote on "Web writing and data visualization in liberal arts pedagogy"

Presenter(s): Jack Dougherty (Professor of Educational Studies, Trinity College)

Lecture: “Web Writing and Data Visualization in Liberal Arts Pedagogy." [Details...]

Day of DigPed: Creating open access digital books

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Mapping, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

Tuesday
May 3, 2016
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
1203 HE

Day of DigPed: Creating open access digital books

Presenter(s): Jack Dougherty (Professor of Educational Studies, Trinity College)

A workshop led by Jack Dougherty on the process of collaborating with undergraduate students to create On The Line (http://OnTheLine.trincoll.edu), an open-access digital history book with interactive maps and oral history videos. [Details...]

Tool Talk | August 26, 2015

Borrowing tools from journalists

By ACERT and Stephanie Margolin
Topics : Assignments & exams, Mapping, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

As an academic librarian who teaches students about research, I often look to journalists to give me research ideas for my students. Here are some new ideas from Columbia's "the 11 best journalism experiments."