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The EMVC Visitor Info
Invitation to apply for a visit to the U.C.S.B. Educational Multimedia Visualization Center (EMVC) |
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The recent development of multimedia computing has radically increased the teaching power of computers. However, the cost in both capital investment and personal learning inhibits many teachers and scholars from creating their own materials. One goal of the Educational Multimedia Visualization Center (EMVC) at the University of California, Santa Barbara is to minimize these barriers via the provision of the hardware, software, expertise, and one-on-one help for the creation of modern multimedia teaching materials. The EMVC serves visiting scholars by allowing them to transform their research and teaching ideas into multimedia content without any particular computer expertise initially required on their part. |
The EMVC is now accepting applications for visitors on a year-round basis. At present, we are primarily looking for visitors with projects in the earth sciences, although we will consider projects from other fields. Projects that will make local and regional geological information accessible to teachers and non-scientists are particularly encouraged. | |||
EMVC Facilities: |
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Multimedia computing: High-end Macintosh G4 and G5 computers. |
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EMVC Staff includes: |
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| Director, technical, artistic, and pedagogical consultants, and geo-savvy student computer assistants. |
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Who may apply: |
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| Geo-science teachers and researchers who have high-quality raw materials and concepts that they wish to transfer into multimedia formats. | Visitors will be the primary developers on their projects and must be willing to embrace the new skills they will encounter during their stays. EMVC experts will act as tutors, helpers, and consultants. | |||
Length of stay: |
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| Negotiable. Common visits last 1-3 weeks plus one or more follow-up weeks. For these short visits, success depends upon the visitor supplying materials in advance. | Longer visits, especially those that include other interactions with the Department of Geological Sciences are also encouraged. | |||
Visitor support: The EMVC provides living and travel expenses for its visitors during their visits, to be arranged on an individual basis. |
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Contact Info: Feel free to contact us either by phone or email.
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Application process:E-mail the following to Atwater Describe your personal background in geoscience and in teaching. |
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| Past Visitors and Collaborators | |
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| Cooper Brossy | Geology intern from the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. Created three animations, including Big Southern Butte animation, Lava Tree Mold formation, and Rafted Cinder Blocks of the Craters of the Moon Lava Field. |
| Rick Colwell | Microbiologist from Idaho National Lab. Created animations on Methanotrophes. |
| Eric Christiansen | Geology professor from Brigham Young University. Produced an interactive Binary Phase Diagram for use in an introductory mineralogy class. |
| Sara Smith and Antonia Hedrick | Sara, a Bureau of Land Management geologist at Craters of the Moon National Monument (CRMO) and Antonia, a National Park Service artist for the state of Idaho, created animations showing the eruptions and major flows in the CRMO as well as dike emplacement along the Great Rift in CRMO. |
| Wendell Duffield | Retired geologist from the U.S. Geological Survey. Put out a video demonstrating Plate Tectonics on a small scale as observed on the surface of a lava lake. |
| Nadine McQuarrie | Post-doc from Cal Tech, now Assistant Professor at Princeton. Created an animation showing the extension among the many blocks within the Basin and Range Province of the Western U.S. |
Bob and Leslie Abrahms |
Co-authors of a text book for 9th grade Earth Science, created a DVD of lectures and animations to complement the text book. Made about 30 animations to go on the DVD. |
| Intelecom | Produced a PBS series "The Endless Voyage" and included about 30 short animations made for this project. |
| Pat Abbot | Professor at Cal State University in San Diego. Produced a 20 minute video on Southern California earthquakes incorporating live footage and animations. |
| Pete Weigand | Professor at Cal State University in Northridge. Created animations on San Andreas fault offsets for Pinnacles National Monument as well as animations on X-ray Release from an Atom. |
Eduardo Rojas |
Teaches medicine at the University of Chile. Created animations on cell damage and repair. |
| John Iwerks | A Santa Barbara artist and animator. Created the Channel Islands National Park Visitor's Center kiosk animation on Pygmy Mammoths |
John Belcher and Michael Danziger |
John, a Physics professor at M.I.T. and Michael, a Computer Support Assistant, created an interactive animation called Marine Magnetic Anomalies: Factors Affecting their Shapes. |
| Steve Porter | Earth and Space Sciences Emeritis professor at the University of Washington. Made movies and animations on the De-glaciation of North America and the Pleistocene Ice Ages. |
John Wakabayashi |
An independent consulting geologist. Created animatons on structural patterns around pull-apart basins along the San Andreas fault. |
| Joe Curray | Professor of Geology, Emeritis, at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Made an animation on the tectonic history of Indonesia. |