New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Data Visualization II

Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on August 10, 2009

Data visualization is the use of tools to represent data in the form of charts, maps, tag clouds, animations, or any graphical means that make content easier to understand. Graphic representations of data are popular because they open up the way we think about data, reveal hidden patterns, and highlight connections among elements. Because current web applications allow anyone with access to data to enter information and easily create a virtualization of it, students, informal learners, and the purely curious can now easily create visualizations that might reveal trends that were not obvious from the numbers alone.

The 7 Things You Should Know About Data Visualization II, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, explores how data visualization offers the promise of easier communication and a wider audience for a variety of findings.

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		New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Data Visualization II Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on August 10, 2009 Data visualization is the use of tools to represent data in the form of charts, maps, tag clouds, animations, or any graphical means that make content easier to understand. Graphic representations of data are popular because they open up the way we think about data, reveal hidden patterns, and highlight connections among elements. Because current web applications allow anyone with access to data to enter information and easily create a virtualization of it, students, informal learners, and the purely curious can now easily create visualizations that might reveal trends that were not obvious from the numbers alone. The 7 Things You Should Know About Data Visualization II, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, explores how data visualization offers the promise of easier communication and a wider audience for a variety of findings. Browse the complete 7 Things You Should Know About… monthly series. EDUCAUSE News \| 7 Things You Should Know About \| Data visualization \| EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative \| Graphics \| Graphics and Multimedia \| Information Visualization \| Web applications Peggy's blog Login or register to post comments 567 reads
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