Visualization and Simulation

From bringing research tools into the classroom to animating complex physical processes for aiding student discovery -- visualization and simulation tools are central to rendering the abstract more concrete to promote deeper understanding and experiential learning.  This is accomplished through adapting and customizing existing commercial technologies or where necessary through developing visualization tools in-house.

MIT supports a variety of educational visualization tools including some in which OEIT is directly engaged. The projects and resources in this areas are:

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data visualization and programming.
• Mathematical tools integration for computation-intensive teaching and learning.
• STAR platform software development to bring research tools to the classroom.
• Visual arts and multimedia content development to enhance teaching and learning.