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How do people with different background/training communicate ideas? | |||
= Related = | |||
[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/nath/docs/whiteboardstudy_infovis2011.pdf "Visual Thinking in Action: Visualizations As Used On Whiteboards"], Walny et al., InfoVis 2011 | [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/nath/docs/whiteboardstudy_infovis2011.pdf "Visual Thinking in Action: Visualizations As Used On Whiteboards"], Walny et al., InfoVis 2011 | ||
= Methods = | |||
First step, get slides from different folks, domains. Some basic background info ("what is the topic?", "how general is the audience? size?", "where presented?"). Ask GSBB, see how many we get. | First step, get slides from different folks, domains. Some basic background info ("what is the topic?", "how general is the audience? size?", "where presented?"). Ask GSBB, see how many we get. | ||
= Codings = | |||
We need to group people based on their fields. | We need to group people based on their fields. Proposed: Bio-medical sciences, natural sciences, formal sciences (CS, math, engineering), humanities, visual art, social sciences | ||
== Slideshows == | |||
===== Visual Elements ===== | |||
* infovis constructs for numerical data - charts | |||
* infovis constructs for relations - trees, other graphs | |||
* flowcharts - diagram of causality | |||
* timelines (not flowchart) | |||
* arrows or other marks used to direct attention (but not part of a label) | |||
* photograph | |||
* other visualization | |||
* | * diagram overlaid on other images | ||
* diagram that ''represents'' some part or all of a natural image (e.g., a cross-section of a battery showing electron flow) | |||
* | |||
==== | * color used for ''emphasizing'' slide content (e.g., words, equations) | ||
* | * color used to guide the ''organization'' of slide content (e.g., slide backgrounds for different sections) | ||
* | |||
* | ===== Textual Elements ===== | ||
* | Equations | ||
* | * numeric equations | ||
* | * qualitative equations (using abstract operators between words to convey a relationship) | ||
Captions that restate the image data | |||
* image captions that restate something that could be interpreted in the image | |||
* chart captions (e.g., the mathematical description of the chart) | |||
Captions that describe the meaning or value of an image, or otherwise augment it | |||
* image captions | |||
* chart captions | |||
Labels | |||
Other | |||
* ellipses | * ellipses | ||
* bullet points | |||
* words in full sentences or paragraphs | |||
===== Temporal Elements ===== | |||
* building on the previous slide (e.g., content copied over, but with new info or emphasis added) | |||
* copying or restating any earlier slide (e.g., revisiting a ''roadmap'' for the presentation) | |||
* | |||
* | |||
* | ===== Abstract Elements ===== | ||
* simile/metaphor | |||
* examples | |||
== Live Study == | |||
== | == What the Whiteboard Study Did == | ||
* charts | * charts | ||
* trees | * trees | ||
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* separation versus grouping | * separation versus grouping | ||
* ellipses | * ellipses | ||
* word lists | * word lists | ||
* words in spatial organizations | * words in spatial organizations | ||
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* diagrams with labels | * diagrams with labels | ||
* pure diagrams | * pure diagrams | ||
* focus and context | * focus and context | ||
* words in sentences or paragraphs | * words in sentences or paragraphs | ||
= Concepts to explain, teach = | |||
==== Spatial Concepts ==== | ==== Spatial Concepts ==== | ||
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** Describe a traffic light "state machine" based on a set of written observations | ** Describe a traffic light "state machine" based on a set of written observations | ||
*** See how they figure out the rules, then how they explain it to someone else | *** See how they figure out the rules, then how they explain it to someone else | ||
= Timeline = | |||
'''12/09''' - finished collecting slides, divide them up | |||
'''12/20''' - finished coding slides | |||
Latest revision as of 03:52, 12 December 2011
How do people with different background/training communicate ideas?
Related
"Visual Thinking in Action: Visualizations As Used On Whiteboards", Walny et al., InfoVis 2011
Methods
First step, get slides from different folks, domains. Some basic background info ("what is the topic?", "how general is the audience? size?", "where presented?"). Ask GSBB, see how many we get.
Codings
We need to group people based on their fields. Proposed: Bio-medical sciences, natural sciences, formal sciences (CS, math, engineering), humanities, visual art, social sciences
Slideshows
Visual Elements
- infovis constructs for numerical data - charts
- infovis constructs for relations - trees, other graphs
- flowcharts - diagram of causality
- timelines (not flowchart)
- arrows or other marks used to direct attention (but not part of a label)
- photograph
- other visualization
- diagram overlaid on other images
- diagram that represents some part or all of a natural image (e.g., a cross-section of a battery showing electron flow)
- color used for emphasizing slide content (e.g., words, equations)
- color used to guide the organization of slide content (e.g., slide backgrounds for different sections)
Textual Elements
Equations
- numeric equations
- qualitative equations (using abstract operators between words to convey a relationship)
Captions that restate the image data
- image captions that restate something that could be interpreted in the image
- chart captions (e.g., the mathematical description of the chart)
Captions that describe the meaning or value of an image, or otherwise augment it
- image captions
- chart captions
Labels
Other
- ellipses
- bullet points
- words in full sentences or paragraphs
Temporal Elements
- building on the previous slide (e.g., content copied over, but with new info or emphasis added)
- copying or restating any earlier slide (e.g., revisiting a roadmap for the presentation)
Abstract Elements
- simile/metaphor
- examples
Live Study
What the Whiteboard Study Did
- charts
- trees
- graphs
- flow-charts
- dense versus sparse
- separation versus grouping
- ellipses
- word lists
- words in spatial organizations
- simple diagrammatic constructs
- words in visual constructions
- mixed words and diagrams
- diagrams with labels
- pure diagrams
- focus and context
- words in sentences or paragraphs
Concepts to explain, teach
Spatial Concepts
- Assembly instructions, or how simple mechanical devices work
- Doorknob
- Ballpoint pen (e.g., how ink rubs on on the papers and the ball is "re-inked" by gravity)
- Maps
- Drawing a map from Brown CIT down to Kennedy Plaza from memory -- what do subjects include?
Non-spatial (or, not observable) Concepts
- Chemical processes
- Acid + Base = Water + Salt
- Rust/Oxidation
- Astronomical processes
- Greenhouse gas build up
- Albedo -- light absorption/reflection
- How a cell phone calls another cell phone
- Computational processes
- Explaining concurrency, race conditions, deadlocks
- Explaining inductive proofs to non-math people
- Explaining the 'map' function (i.e., for all elements, or numbers, in a set apply some function to get a new set)
- Describe a traffic light "state machine" based on a set of written observations
- See how they figure out the rules, then how they explain it to someone else
Timeline
12/09 - finished collecting slides, divide them up
12/20 - finished coding slides