Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments

Karst environments are interconnected landscapes vulnerable to degradation. Many instances of anthropogenic karst disturbance are unintentional, and occur because of the public's lack of understanding or exposure to karst knowledge. When attempts are made to educate the general public about the...

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Main Author: Tyrie, Elizabeth Katharyn
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Published: TopSCHOLAR® 2014
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1359
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spelling ndltd-WKU-oai-digitalcommons.wku.edu-theses-23622014-06-22T17:02:55Z Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments Tyrie, Elizabeth Katharyn Karst environments are interconnected landscapes vulnerable to degradation. Many instances of anthropogenic karst disturbance are unintentional, and occur because of the public's lack of understanding or exposure to karst knowledge. When attempts are made to educate the general public about these landscapes, the concepts taught are often too abstract to be fully understood. Thus, karst educational pursuits must use only the most efficient and effective learning materials. A technique useful for assessing educational effectiveness of learning materials is eye-tracking, which allows scientists to quantitatively measure an individual's points of interest and eye movements when viewing a 2D or 3D visualization. Visualization developers use eye-tracking data to create graphics that hold the observer's attention and, thereby, enhance learning about a particular concept. This study aimed to assess and improve the educational effectiveness of 2D karst visualizations by combining eye-tracking techniques with Geographic Information Systems, knowledge assessments, and semi-structured interviews. The first phase of this study consisted of groups of 10 participants viewing 2D karst visualizations with one category of manipulated visual stimuli. The second phase consisted of groups of 10-15 participants viewing 2D karst visualizations that were created based on the results from the first phase. The results of this study highlighted both effective stimuli in karst visualizations and stimuli that hinder the educational effectiveness of visualizations. 2014-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1359 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2362&context=theses Masters Theses & Specialist Projects TopSCHOLAR® geocognition visual stimuli instructional visualizations environmental education geographic information systems (GIS) Environmental Sciences Geology Stratigraphy Tectonics and Structure
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topic geocognition
visual stimuli
instructional visualizations
environmental education
geographic information systems (GIS)
Environmental Sciences
Geology
Stratigraphy
Tectonics and Structure
spellingShingle geocognition
visual stimuli
instructional visualizations
environmental education
geographic information systems (GIS)
Environmental Sciences
Geology
Stratigraphy
Tectonics and Structure
Tyrie, Elizabeth Katharyn
Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments
description Karst environments are interconnected landscapes vulnerable to degradation. Many instances of anthropogenic karst disturbance are unintentional, and occur because of the public's lack of understanding or exposure to karst knowledge. When attempts are made to educate the general public about these landscapes, the concepts taught are often too abstract to be fully understood. Thus, karst educational pursuits must use only the most efficient and effective learning materials. A technique useful for assessing educational effectiveness of learning materials is eye-tracking, which allows scientists to quantitatively measure an individual's points of interest and eye movements when viewing a 2D or 3D visualization. Visualization developers use eye-tracking data to create graphics that hold the observer's attention and, thereby, enhance learning about a particular concept. This study aimed to assess and improve the educational effectiveness of 2D karst visualizations by combining eye-tracking techniques with Geographic Information Systems, knowledge assessments, and semi-structured interviews. The first phase of this study consisted of groups of 10 participants viewing 2D karst visualizations with one category of manipulated visual stimuli. The second phase consisted of groups of 10-15 participants viewing 2D karst visualizations that were created based on the results from the first phase. The results of this study highlighted both effective stimuli in karst visualizations and stimuli that hinder the educational effectiveness of visualizations.
author Tyrie, Elizabeth Katharyn
author_facet Tyrie, Elizabeth Katharyn
author_sort Tyrie, Elizabeth Katharyn
title Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments
title_short Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments
title_full Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments
title_fullStr Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments
title_full_unstemmed Combining Quantitative Eye-Tracking and GIS Techniques With Qualitative Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of 2D and Static, 3D Karst Visualizations: Seeing Through the Complexities of Karst Environments
title_sort combining quantitative eye-tracking and gis techniques with qualitative research methods to evaluate the effectiveness of 2d and static, 3d karst visualizations: seeing through the complexities of karst environments
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