EC.210
Visualization for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Spring 2016
Topics
- Introduction
- Graphic design
- Illustration
- Typography
- Visual storytelling
- Animation
- Story development
- Cinematography
- Picture and sound editing
- User interface design
- Game development
- Teaching and learning with visualizations
- State of the art
- Conclusion
Readings
- Visualization Demos
- Chapters 2 and 3 in Ware, Colin. Visual Thinking For Design. Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. ISBN: 9780123708960.
- Training Videos
- McClelland, Deke. “Introducting Photoshop: Design.” Lynda.com. Accessed November 22, 2016.
- McWade, John. “Graphic Design Tips and Tricks.” Lynda.com. Accessed November 22, 2016.
- Xu, Wei. _Drawing in the Digital Age: An Observational Method for Artists and Animators._John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ISBN: 9781118176504.(Use for illustration references)
- McClelland, Deke. “Adobe Pen Tool: Fundamentals.” Lynda.com. Accessed November 22, 2016.
- Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Style . Hartley & Marks, 2004. ISBN: 9780881792126.
- Frankel, Felice, and Angela H. DePace. Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists & Engineers. . Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780300176445.
- Chapters 5 and 7 in Ware, Colin. Visual Thinking For Design. Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. ISBN: 9780123708960.
- Animation Tutorials
- Chapters 1 and 2 in Block, Bruce. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media. CRC Press, 2013.. ISBN: 9780240807799.
- Block, Bruce. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media. CRC Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780240807799. (Use for reference during animation project)
- Maestri, George. “Maya 2016 Essential Training.” Lynda.com. Accessed November 29, 2016.
- WEEK: 14: Conclusion · READINGS: No readings
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.