Patterns and Sensemaking: Information Visualization George Siemens April 25, 2007

Topics Information growth and overload Aggregation, syndication – initial attempt to cope Information visualization: make sense of abundance

Information growth and overload

Aggregation, syndication – initial attempt to cope

Information visualization: make sense of abundance

"If you have three pet dogs, give them names. If you have 10,000 head of cattle, don't bother" David Gelernter

"If you have three pet dogs, give them names. If you have 10,000 head of cattle, don't bother"

David Gelernter

Infoluenza “failure to master our information resources and that to achieve contentment at work in solving our business problems” http://knowledgefutures.wordpress.com/2006/08/22/infoluenza/ See also Cures: http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2007/04/18/infoluenza_cures.html

“failure to master our information resources and that to achieve contentment at work in solving our business problems”

http://knowledgefutures.wordpress.com/2006/08/22/infoluenza/

See also Cures:

http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2007/04/18/infoluenza_cures.html

Brains crave patterns A pattern is About sense making Understanding Temporary “state of” Evolving, emergent Aggregation, context, experience

A pattern is

About sense making

Understanding

Temporary “state of”

Evolving, emergent

Aggregation, context, experience

Current state Information generation tools – exploded Aggregation tools – growing Data, information manipulation tools: embryonic

Information generation tools – exploded

Aggregation tools – growing

Data, information manipulation tools: embryonic

“ The beset graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death” E. Tufte

“ The beset graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death”

E. Tufte

Tags: Web of meaning

Visualization Grunt cognition Move to meaning/sensemaking Shifts perspectives Provides insight Memory New connections

Grunt cognition

Move to meaning/sensemaking

Shifts perspectives

Provides insight

Memory

New connections

GDP http://www.worldmapper.org/

Population http://www.worldmapper.org/

http://news.com.com/The+Big+Picture/2030-12_3-5843390.html

Exposure of periphery: loose connections http://www.quintura.com/

Collective Voice http://infosthetics.com/archives/2007/04/audience_collective_voice_display.html

Network analysis http://www.orgnet.com/netindustry.html

Patterns, history

Patterns, history

Hierarchy Edge Bundles 3D File Manager http:// www.visualcomplexity.com/vc / Political blogosphere, 2004 Blue Brain

http:// www.visualcomplexity.com/vc /

Sensemaking What is it? What does it mean? What perspectives are included? Shared?

What is it?

What does it mean?

What perspectives are included?

Shared?

Where does “knowledge” reside?

Networks: Downes Decentralized Distributed Disintermediated Disaggregated Dis-Integrated Democratic Dynamic Desegregated http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/paper92/paper92.html Via: http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?presentation=45

What impacts network formation?

Spaces of knowledge

Networks & Ecologies Filter Foster Form patterns Create archive “future repurposing”

Filter

Foster

Form patterns

Create archive “future repurposing”

Yeah, ok, but what’s the use? Network models of learning are adaptive Ecologies must be diverse and enabling Today’s information is tomorrow’s sensemaking Sane, digital life Complex, integrated understanding Multi-faceted Multi-ontology

Network models of learning are adaptive

Ecologies must be diverse and enabling

Today’s information is tomorrow’s sensemaking

Sane, digital life

Complex, integrated understanding

Multi-faceted

Multi-ontology

www.elearnspace.org www.knowingknowledge.com www.connectivism.ca

www.elearnspace.org

www.knowingknowledge.com

www.connectivism.ca