The DeepTree exhibit: Visualizing the tree of life to facilitate informal learning

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2789-2798

  Block, Florian ^a   Horn, Michael S ^d   Phillips, Brenda Caldwell ^a   Diamond, Judy ^b   Evans, E Margaret ^c   Shen, Chia ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative learning; Informal science education; large tree visualizations; multi touch interaction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; DATA SETS; INFORMAL LEARNING; INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; ITERATIVE PROCESS; MULTI-TOUCH; MULTI-TOUCH INTERACTIONS; MULTI-USER; MULTI-USER INTERFACES; NAVIGATION ENGINE; TREE OF LIFE; TREE VISUALIZATION; VISUAL COMPLEXITY;

VISUALIZATION;

FORESTRY;

EDUCATION; FORESTRY; SCIENCE;

ALGORITHM; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EDUCATION; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLICATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGY; BOSTON; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EUKARYOTA; EXHIBITS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84867650279     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2012.272     Document Type: Article

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