Education

Science communication is facing a paradigm shift, based on the convergence of exploratory and explanatory visualization.

We dont know all the answers about VR design, nor will we ever.

The increased number of students enrolling in dance classes in Japan has resulted in a shortage of qualified instructors, leaving classes to be taught by…

Faculty at the University of North Carolina Asheville partnered with local healthcare professionals and retirement home residents and administrators on an…

OpenGL has been the standard API for teaching computer graphics.

Although surveys suggest positive student attitudes toward the use of algorithm animations, it is not clear that they improve learning outcomes.

Three-dimensional displays are used extensively in movies and games.

In an effort to develop visualization analysis and design skills in master's level information visualization students, the…

Developments in computer capabilities, networks, mobile devices, and social media have enabled researchers and educators to increasingly employ blended…

In undergraduate practical courses, it is common to work with groups of 100 or more students.

This article describes a simple course exercise to deepen the understanding of real-time shadow volume algorithms.

This article describes a simple course exercise to deepen the understanding of real-time shadow mapping algorithms.

Visual analytics VA combines the strengths of human and machine intelligence to enable the discovery of interesting patterns in challenging…

Teaching how to conduct productive research in a classroom setting is a challenge.

To determine appropriate computer science curricula, educators sought to better understand the different affordances of teaching with a visual…

Hong Kong Polytechnic University educators used the Second Life virtual world to help students learn the relationships between key…

University of Stuttgart educators have updated three computer science courses to incorporate forward-compatible OpenGL.

Visual programming in 3D sounds much more appealing than programming in 2D, but what are its benefits Here, University of Colorado…

DETI-Interact is an interactive system that offers information relevant to students in the lobby of the University of Aveiro's Department of…

At Camp Blender, high-school students of varying backgrounds learned how to use the Blender software package to…

The Animatronics Workshop is a learning experience in which kids conceive and construct a robotic show.

Some people say that undergraduates can't be prepared to participate in original research until, perhaps, their final year of study.

The past 10 years have seen profound changes in visualization algorithms, techniques, methodologies, and applications.

The Carnegie Mellon Building Virtual Worlds course fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and invention.

Linnaeus University offers two master's courses in information visualization for computer science students…

In a workshop, high school students built a virtual world for a car-racing game.

This article reports the experience of using Google Chart Tools and Google Maps in a data…

An art instructor discusses the difficulties he's encountered teaching computer graphics skills to undergraduate art students.

The University of Stuttgart's software engineering major complements the traditional computer science major with more practice-oriented education.

Demand is growing in engineering, business, science, research, and industry for students with visual analytics expertise.

Use and creation of computer graphics can be effectively taught to beginning design students in the context of discipline-specific design projects.

There's not enough time in a computer science curriculum to teach soft skills, such as interdisciplinary collaboration or self-motivated…

This paper presents computer graphics. Computer graphics and visualization are essentially about producing images for a target audience, be it…

Traditionally, computer graphics courses have centered on desktop environments using well-known frameworks such as OpenGL.

Unlike many game development programs, Drexel University's program doesn't reside in one department and so mirrors the true nature of commercial…

OpenGL has become the standard application programming interface API for teaching introductory computer graphics courses in…

Industry has increasingly emphasized the need for "soft" or interpersonal skills development and team-building experience in the college…