Center of Visualization Göteborg is a membership organisation managed by Business Region Göteborg and Chalmers University of Technology. Center of Visualization Göteborg is one of three national Knowledge Arenas within the network VISARD, Visualisation - Arenas for Research and Development.

BioHOPE

The bioHOPE project has developed a web-site for learning where focus has been on the impact of climate change on the migrations of salmon in the Fraser river inBritish Columbia , Canada — the largest salmon producing river in the world. Project participants represented different areas of expertise; fish physiology, microscopy and environmental impacts on organisms, digital media and pedagogy.

 
The educational challenge in bioHOPE was to develop interactive, engaging, hands-on activities to enhance understanding of basic concepts in natural science by using both virtual laboratory exercises, text based material and interactive assignments. The learning material produced within the project consists of nine web based modules. The pedagogical aim has been to target different learning styles and levels via differentiated instruction, modular design and with a focus on inquiry-based learning.

 
As an example, a virtual laboratory was developed as a copy of a hands-on laboratory. The aim was to let students freely explore a problem — gas solubility in water — and draw conclusions based on visual results from their experiments. An exciting challenge was to extend the visual effects of bubbling carbon dioxide or oxygen in boiling water and show chemical reactions even on a molecular level. The virtual laboratory was tested and evaluated by a total of 90 students from four high-schools in the Gothenburg region. Analysis and results from this evaluation are actually work in progress.

Content Responsible: Katarina Clase
Updated: 2008-12-16
Organizational affiliation
Stanford University, University of Gothenburg
Partners
Chalmers University of Technology, ITuniversity of Göteborg, LinköpingUniversity
Project period
2007-2008
Status
Finished
Project Leader
Michael Axelsson — Professor of Comparative Physiology, Department of Zoology, Göteborg University; Bio-HOPE project director
David Epel - Stanford University Jane & Marshall Steel Jr. Professor in Marine Sciences, Hopkins Marine Station; Developmental & cell biology; Bio-HOPE project director
Participants
Jordi Altimiras - Associate Professor of Zoology at IFM , Linköping University; Cardiovascular Development Research; curriculum design   Bengt Petersson - Director of Studies in Education, Department of Education, Göteborg University; project evaluation Tommy Eriksson - Ph.D. candidate, IT University, Göteborg University; Applied IT and Digital Formation; web design and evaluation  Maria Sunnerstam - MSc, IT University of Göteborg; Applied IT; ICT and learning  Göran Karlsson - IT University of Göteborg; Designing and evaluating digital learning environments in science education.   Pam Miller - Hopkins Marine Station and Seaside High School; curriculum design and instruction  Jason Hodin - Hopkins Marine Station; Developmental & invertebrate biologist; curriculum, web & Flash design Camillan Huang-Voss - Stanford University School of Medicine, Virtual Labs Project Director; technical consultant
Funded by
Wallenberg global learning network