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Visual Environments for STEM Learning: Experiences and Opportunities

Visual Environments for STEM Learning: Experiences and Opportunities. Bina Ramamurthy ( B ina ) bina@buffalo.edu http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/faculty/bina This talk is partially funded by NSF grants NSF-CCLI- 0311473 NSF-TUES-0920335, NSF-OCI- 1041280. Our Quest.

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Visual Environments for STEM Learning: Experiences and Opportunities

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  1. Visual Environments for STEM Learning: Experiences and Opportunities Bina Ramamurthy (Bina) bina@buffalo.edu http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/faculty/bina This talk is partially funded by NSF grants NSF-CCLI-0311473 NSF-TUES-0920335, NSF-OCI-1041280 B. Ramamurthy, 3/1/2013, SUNY Online Learning Conference

  2. Our Quest • For the past ten years or more we have been trying to disseminate difficult concepts in STEM (esp. CSE and BIO) through visual environments • I will discuss three such projects (Past, present, future) • Our experience: These tools and environments we have been developing have technical depth and correctness but are minimal in user engagement and visual appeal • We seek your (games and instructional technology ) help in this aspect • These are excellent opportunities for collaboration B. Ramamurthy, 3/1/2013, SUNY Online Learning Conference

  3. ViGOR: Visual Grid Tutorial ..2006.. B. Ramamurthy, 3/1/2013, SUNY Online Learning Conference

  4. Pop!World • Collaborative with BIO • Dr. Jessica Poulin and Dr. Katharina Dittmar of Biology • NSF supported • Used by 1000+ entry level students in Biology • Other upper level students also use it • K-12 component is also included (Pop!World Gateway) • Cloud deployed on Google App Engine • Monitoring student learning behavior • http://popworld15.appspot.com B. Ramamurthy, 3/1/2013, SUNY Online Learning Conference

  5. Pop!World B. Ramamurthy, 3/1/2013, SUNY Online Learning Conference

  6. Google App Engine Load Monitoring CUBRC/Calspan, Buffalo, NY. Ramamurthy

  7. MemCache on GoogleAppEngine (2010) Memcache partial unavailability

  8. Data-intensive Computing (Big-data) • Certificate program at University at Buffalo • Lot of learning material in the traditional setting has been generated • See http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/faculty/bina/DataIntensive • We would like to create a highly interactive Massively Open Online Course format pedagogy and game-like learning environment for Big-data • Open for discussions. B. Ramamurthy, 3/1/2013, SUNY Online Learning Conference

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