University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Educational Psychology 387
Computer Uses in Education
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But first...
- Read and respond to progress reports
- Read and respond to White Paper reactions
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Educational uses of visualization and data mining
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- "Mental models": We are interested in what "mental models" you have for using computer networks. For example, people often think about the atom as being like a miniature solar system. The solar system is then a mental model of the atom.
What "mental model (s)" do you use to think about the World-Wide Web?
Human visual processing
- evolutionarily earlier than more abstract thought
- easier to see patterns visually than more abstractly