Jordan, K. (2010) Authentic Data and Visualisation: Semantic tools from the Ensemble Project. Learning and Teaching Support lunchtime seminar, Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, Cambridge, 27th January 2010.

1. Authentic Data and Visualisation:
Semantic tools from the Ensemble
Project
Katy Jordan, CARET, 27th January 2010
klj33@cam.ac.uk
http://www.ensemble.ac.uk

2. About the Project
• Ensemble: Semantic technologies for the enhancement of
case-based learning
• 3 years 2008-2011
• £1.5 Million FEC
• Six UK Universities (Liverpool John Moores, Cambridge,
City, UEA, Stirling, Essex) and two international partners
(MIT and UT Sydney)
• Engaging with ~6 disciplinary settings across UG and PG
courses at Cambridge, City and LJMU
• Team includes education researchers, cognitive scientists,
computer scientists and disciplinary specialists
• http://www.ensemble.ac.uk

3. What kind of technology?
• ‘Exhibit’ web pages
• Lightweight data-
driven webpages,
including
visualisations
• Part of the SIMILE
toolkit developed by
MIT
• http://simile.mit.edu

4. Example 1: Plant Sciences reading list

5. Example 2: Exploring epidemiology

6. Example 3: Plant Evolution Timeline

7. Acknowledgements
• Project Director: Prof. Patrick
Carmichael, LJMU
• Lead Researcher at City University:
Uma Patel
• Plants examples: Howard Griffiths,
Nicky Peart, Ben Roberts, Rob
Mackinnon
• Project team: Agustina Martinez
(LJMU), Fran Tracy, Michael
Tscholl, Keith Johnstone
(Cambridge), Rob Walker (UEA),
Richard Edwards, Sanna
Rimpilainen (Stirling), Nicky
Solomon (UTS), Laurence Solkin,
Jonathan Raper, Nicola Beddall-
Hill (City)
• And a cast of thousands!