sign language

sally

sign language

sally

sign language

many people around the world depend solely on visuals to cope in life there whole world depend on signs and the knowledge of others to their sign language makes their life a lot easier

colliding the two worlds
theatre who can both entertain and teach
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3327349804267366027

learning through cartoons (sally)

http://www.pocketbook.co.uk/cartoons.asp

the knowledge concept

http://www.systems-thinking.org/kmgmt/kmgmt.htm#tvokm

posted by sally

Information : relates to description, definition, or perspective (what, who, when, where).
Knowledge : comprises strategy, practice, method, or approach (how).
Wisdom : embodies principle, insight, moral, or archetype (why).

decision making and information visualization

http://www.kellen.net/Visualization_Decision_Making.htm

KM @ Government of Kingdom of Bahrain

The governement of the Kingdom of Bahrain created a new body called the "Bahrain Excellence Centre" with the core reponsibility of utilizing talents and competencies within a knowledge management environment. I had the opportunity to attended a two day workshop on 26-27 April 2009 that was conducted by the Bahrain Excellence Centre at the Diplomat Hotel - Bahrain. The attendies were middle managers from the government and semi-government bodies. To highlight the importance of the workshop, there was a short visit on the second of the workshop by the Prime Minister H.H.Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa.

The conductor of the workshop, Mohammed Buhiji asked a question to the attendies. He said:

"Is knowledge power?"
Most of the attendies agreed.

But then he commented:

"Knowlege is not power, Knowledge management is power!"

Personally, I was not surprised. We've studied in our Mgmt 711, with Dr. Stefania, where we studied Knowledge Management and saw how important it is to organisations' development and change. But it was great to see things happening on the ground, in my beloved country, and I having the honour to be part of it.

Regards to you guys,

Yasser, the excellence guy (just for today)

InvestView- Visualization tool

InvestView is a highly interactive application to support and rationalize the sales process of complex financial products. It shows how an investment strategy would have performed in the past and what is reasonable to expect in the future, giving convincing arguments to the financial advisor.

An equation solver provides answers to any what-if scenario (e.g. how long does it take with a monthly investment of 100 at 6% interest to reach 50'000). Tight integration with Excel allows offers to be generated using customizable templates.

This tool could prove to be a very useful aid t matters relating to financial products. A must try for any organization!

Nayla

Survey Visualizer- Visualization tool

SurveyVisualizer is an application to access, analyze, and communicate the results from large and complex surveys (customer satisfaction, brand image, etc.) All the results, at the different aggregation and grouping levels can be seen, examined and compared concurrently. This leads to an unparalleled ease-of-use. Answers to specific questions can be found quickly and are embedded in the overall context of the study. Time-to-insight is shortened, the discovery of new facts and trends is encouraged, and the findings can dynamically be communicated to the various stake holders.

Good stuff! great for statistics.

Nayla

Visual Directory- Visualization tool

VisualDirectory is a visual and interactive directory for efficient browsing of a website's content. Each item is represented by an image, and all the images are arranged into a rectangular grid, providing the overview of the entire content. The items are classified into a number of categories, allowing users to specify in which criteria they are interested in. Images that don't match the criteria will be filtered out. If the mouse is moved over an image, then it gets magnified and further information about the corresponding item is shown.

The visual directory can be maintained (additions, removals, modifications) directly by the webmaster. The visual directory is implemented as a Flash application that can be viewed in any web browser that has the Flash plug-in installed.

for more info please contact macrofocus.com

Nayla

Infoscope- visualization tool

InfoScope is an interactive visualization tool to access, explore, and communicate large or complex datasets.
InfoScope can be downloaded free of charge to visualize a collection of publicly available datasets, as well as the one produced by your company, colleagues, and friends.

Visualizing your own data is possible with its companion data import facility, part of InfoScope Professional, which you can purchase on-line. This data compiler allows the import of tabular data in various popular formats.

another interesting visualization tool from Macrofocus.com


Nayla

Concept Map

A concept map developed by a three member group brainstorming network design (Kremer 1993

Nawal.

Myer's Taxonomy of Visualizations Systems

Myers' taxonomy of specification techniques (Myers 1990)


Concept maps
Flowcharts
Flowchart derivatives
Petri nets
Data flow graphs
Directed graphs
Graph derivatives
Textual languages
Matrices
Jigsaw puzzle pieces
Forms
Iconic sentences
Spreadsheets
Demonstrational
None


Myers' third taxonomy divides program visualization systems according to whether they represent code, data, or algorithms.


Nawal.

Visualized knowledge vs. Written information

I found this interesting picture while i was browsing online. It depicts the population density in certain areas of the US. now, what would more likely stick to your brain, this 3D picture that shows us peaks for highest and dot-like circles for lowest, or a paragraph with statistical data? another argument that visualization wins hands down, being far more likely to be remembered. You might not memorize the exact percentage, but you'll surely have a general idea of which city has a higher density.

Nayla

Visual Learning

Visual learning is a teaching and learning style in which ideas, concepts, data and other information are associated with images and techniques. It is one of the three basic types of learning styles that also includes kinesthetic learning and auditory learning.

Visual learners also prosper when shown graphs,graphic organizers, such as webs, concept maps and idea maps, plots, and illustrations such as stack plots and Venn plots, are some of the techniques used in visual learning to enhance thinking and learning skills.

Visual learners usually possess these qualities:

have great instinctive direction
can easily visualize objects and the past




[edit] Visual learning techniques
Creating graphic organizers - Students create graphic organizers such as diagrams, webs and concept maps by selecting symbols to represent ideas and information. To show the relationships between ideas, students link the symbols and add words to further clarify meaning.

By representing information spatially and with images, students are able to focus on meaning, reorganize and group similar ideas easily, make better use of their visual memory.


In a study entitled Graphic Organizers: A Review of Scientifically Based Research, The Institute for the Advancement of Research in Education at AEL evaluated 29 studies and concluded that visual learning improves student performance in the following areas:

Critical Thinking--Graphic organizers link verbal and visual information to help students make connections, understand relationships and recall related details.
Retention--According to research, students better remember information when it's represented and learned both visually and verbally.
Comprehension--Students better comprehend new ideas when they are connected to prior knowledge.
Organization--Students can use diagrams to display large amounts of information in ways that are easy to understand and help reveal relationships and patterns.
Visualizing data - When working with data, students build data literacy as they collect and explore information in a dynamic inquiry process, using tables and plots to visually investigate, manipulate and analyze data. As students explore the way data moves through various plot types, such as Venn, stack, pie and axis, they formulate questions and discover meaning from the visual representation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_learning


Nawal

Hand on Visual Learners

Mosaic of Needlefelted Alphabet ATCs and ACEOs - Tactile Art and Learning for Children



Nawal

COOL COLORS BOOST WEBSITE ATTRACTIVENESS

Cool Colors Boost Website Attractiveness



Color Bars uploaded to Flickr by jigpuThe colors you choose for your website affect how much your visitors like your website. You probably could have guessed that, though. It turns out that cooler primary colors make websites appear more orderly to users, which in turn can lead to users thinking that your site is more aesthetically pleasing and more usable, which in turn can make your site look more credible and trustworthy.

Researchers at Michigan State University did a study of how color choices affect user impressions of websites and their findings came out in the recent issue of the Journal of Usability Studies in a paper titled “An Empirical Investigation of Color Temperature and Gender Effects on Web Aesthetics.”

According to the study, using a cool primary color such as blue for the top part of the page and/or as a global element will make websites look better organized and aesthetically pleasing to users; using a cool color as a secondary color on the page boosts the website’s appeal over a warm color as a secondary color.

Attractiveness matters. Users often think that sites are easier to use when they are more attractive. Of course, the right color scheme to use also depends on context–what type of character you want, your users’ expectations, how the rest of your marketing materials portray you or your products.

This paper makes for a good read. It is good to read some research into how color affects design, and in its literature review, it points out a number of other papers that may be interesting.

taken from: Filed In Design, Usability: http://blog.purevisibility.com/2008/06/cool-colors-boost-website-attractiveness/

Nawal

PICTURES VS. WORDS

My friend, Sara, told me recently, that she depends mainly on graphical representations when learning for her CFA. The diagrams, and maps stay in her mind longer than words do. This would show the difference in the way she perceives information, vs. another, who might retain information another method.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe


RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking


IF I WAS HER PROFESSOR, HOW WOULD I WORK WITH SARA TO GAIN MAXIMUM RETENTION?

Verbal vs. Visual Elements
Ideas that preclude words are supported with pictures and graphs on the screen. To the eye your presentation will give information about shapes, colors, surface qualities, and spatial relationships. To the ear, your presentation will provide reasoning. The best technical talk is an effective mix of verbal and visual elements.

Illustrate what you cannot verbalize, what would take too long to describe, or what you want to emphasize. Use slides to hold attention, illustrate, clarify, restate, explain and interpret. Ears have trouble accepting numbers and abstractions. Numbers are easier to remember if they are written out. Quantities and relationships must be visually compared. By adding illustrations to your spoken words, you add understanding to what you are saying and enliven interest in your presentation.
• Animations
Make use of its dynamic capabilities to highlight different features, to indicate a chain of reasoning, to introduce successive levels of detail into an example, or to demonstrate the dynamic behavior of an algorithm.
• Maintain context
Never say one thing visually on the screen and something else orally. The mind can not readily accept such conflicting information even when both things are correct and related.
• Blank slides
Slides are an aid to your presentation and not the presentation itself. Avoid reading slides, keep your attention on the audience. Sometimes, you might wish to digress from the topic of the current slide but do not want the audience distracted by the next one. In this case, use a blank slide of a subdued color (dark color, no white).
• Prepare for the question period
Make a list of probable questions. This will help you to make a quick response. Some presenters even make up a slide or two for expected questions.

Nawal.

TreeMap- an interesting visualization tool

TreeMap

TreeMap is an interactive visualization tool that allows seeing both the big picture and the details of your data. It offers filtering techniques to explore the data and can be used for the visualization of budgets, projects, products, surveys, documents and other structured data set.

I found this interesting tool in Macrofocus.com. Macrofocus is a provider of interactive visualization solutions that let you see your data and turn it into knowledge you can act on. The tree map is very helpful in many fields that organizations can benefit from. Developing visualized knowledge not only offers a broader look on things, it also makes things easier and user-friendly.

Nayla

knowledge visualization- development from an early age

http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html

This is one of the most incredible reading websites I have come across. Into the Book “is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers.” It focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing and Synthesizing. The site has a series of 15 min. videos for students teaching and amazing interactive web resources that can be saved. Teachers have access to great lesson plans, downloads, and videos.

A great example of knowledge visualization. Check it out!


Nayla