[game_edu] Fwd: [cg-educators] New Education Department for IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

[Susan Gold]

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> From: Scott Owen <owen at siggraph.org>

> Date: October 20, 2010 3:45:32 PM EDT

> To: cg-educators at siggraph.org

> Subject: [cg-educators] New Education Department for IEEE Computer  

> Graphics and Applications

>

>  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) has started a new

> education department with myself and Gitta Domik as co-editors. We  

> plan

> on publishing one education paper per issue. We are looking for

> innovative courses or techniques. If you are interested in  

> submitting a

> paper, please send us a one page abstract that briefly describes  

> your CG

> course and what is innovative about the course or your teaching  

> method.

> Please send your abstract to both of us (sowen at gsu.edu or

> owen at siggraph.org and

> domik at uni-paderborn.de). Initially we are focusing more on

> courses/techniques for computer science but will eventually extend  

> it to

> other areas.

>

> Scott Owen

>

> Here is the description for the new department:

>

>

> Computer Graphics is a key technology stimulating research and feeding

> industrial applications. As technology advanced over the past 50  

> years,

> computer graphics has undergone profound changes that need to be

> reflected in how and what we teach. The end of the ´80s had educators

> shun textbooks without 3D graphics; the end of the ´90s demanded

> interactive 3D graphics be taught ; now graphics is 3D, interactive  

> and

> real-time, and utilizes methods from image processing and vision. As  

> an

> educator, it is often hard to keep up with innovations in graphics –

> both in lectures and lab assignments - when textbooks lag behind.

>

> Moreover, Computer Graphics is not only taught in its own right, but

> also used to teach other disciplines, e.g., animation and  

> visualization.

>

> With students staying only a few years in our undergraduate or  

> graduate

> programs we need them to graduate with current knowledge so they are

> attractive in the job market. We can’t wait for textbooks to catch  

> up so

> we must turn to other sources for new knowledge and that is why we are

> starting this department.

>

> The new education department provides a forum for educators to  

> exchange

> “best practice” examples of innovative instructional methods in  

> Computer

> Graphics and Interactive Techniques. As a regular feature, it will

> highlight new types of courses and courses that combine different

> fields, e.g., art and/or science and technology. We will report on

> actual courses held that have proven successful - not just ideas of

> courses - therefore providing valuable experience and practice for  

> other

> educators.

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-- 
Susan Gold
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!
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