Catching up with Second Life and Virtual Worlds
Several sites around the Web are reporting that Linden Lab, developers of the most well-known Virtual Worlds platform, Second Life, has gone through restructuring. The company has laid off a …
21st Century Teaching & Learning Workshop Series
From May 12 to May 18, CIT will offer a series of free hands-on workshops on teaching and technology for Duke faculty, staff, graduate students and postdocs. Topics include digital …
Google Earth as a database and map by student Ruth Zhang
Duke student Ruth Zhang participated in a Writing 20 class focused on Google Earth taught by Chris Erlien in the Thompson Writing Program; one assignment was to share ideas for …
RENCI provides funding and resources for Duke faculty
RENCI at Duke has posted a CFP looking for Duke faculty interested in developing visualizations. More details in the announcement below: RENCI at Duke Faculty Engagement Program in Applied Scientific …
Want to use interactive timelines in your course? CIT can help
About a year ago, we published a detailed blog post about Simile timeline, a tool for (fairly) easily creating interactive web-based timelines, such as the example below. There are a …
DiVE into alcohol – virtually follow alcohol’s fate in the body
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, Professor of Pharmacology and Director, Duke Center for Science Education, and RISE (Raising Interest in Science Education) directed undergraduate students in Pharmacology 197/198 to develop an immersive 3D …
Google Earth for visualizing population density by student Osvaldo Venegas
Duke student Osvaldo Venegas participated in a Writing 20 class focused on Google Earth taught by Chris Erlien in the Thompson Writing Program; one assignment was to share ideas for …
Google Earth in literature by student Brinson Paolini
Duke student Brinson Paolini participated in a Writing 20 class focused on Google Earth taught by Chris Erlien in the Thompson Writing Program; one assignment was to share ideas for …
Google Earth advice from student Dax Kelso
Duke student Dax Kelso participated in a Writing 20 class focused on Google Earth taught by Chris Erlien in the Thompson Writing Program; one assignment was to share ideas for …
Visualizing data with Many Eyes
A few months ago, Many Eyes, a web-based application from IBM’s alphaWorks emerging technologies group, was mentioned in a CIT blog post about online visualizations for the 2008 elections. Many …