Using Data Visualization to Support Education
Hi and welcome to our OER on Data Visualization. Do you use data in your daily life? If so have you ever given thought to how you interact and share it? In this OER, we focus on the use of data visualization and its potential in the education field. For some, data visualization is merely something aesthetic and the data presented is only secondary, while for others, data visualization is a great way to communicate to their audience. Which one are you?
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Now with the ever-growing use of big data and educational data mining (EDM), data visualization is going to be used more often to translate data in meaningful ways. It is our goal to share a better understanding of how data visualization can be utilized to support education and how it can be used, in the future, to enhance user experience.
Julio
A technology junky with a keen eye for the outdoors, design and short naps.
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Julio Palacios is an Educational Technologies Specialist at a post-secondary college library who helps educators and students infuse their projects with digital media and creative solutions. When he's not in the studio, Julio is leading digital-media-related workshops, advising faculty on their digital assignments or trying to beat his top score on his favourite video games.
Rachel
An academic advisor with a passion for learning design and educational technologies.
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Rachel Chiang is a university academic advisor with a focus on helping first year students to have a smooth transition to university. She runs group advising workshops when she is not doing one on one appointments.
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Her work involves looking into different data and that generates her interests in learning more about data visualization. With her newly gained knowledge in this area, she hopes to better support her students.
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Vijaya
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An instructor, researcher and administrator, who is committed to life long learning.
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Vijaya Jammi has passion for learning and loves to keep pace with the consistent change and options that technology brings to teaching and learning. She holds a doctorate in English Literature and has worked in varied areas of teaching, research and administration in higher education.
She presently works in the department of assessment and testing, at a university in Vancouver. She endeavors to help students in learning and meeting with the testing and evaluation needs, using technology.