2nd Visual Learning Conference – Budapest, Dec. 1–2, 2011
Venue: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, Bld. Q, Wing A, 1st floor, Department of Technical Education.

VISUAL LEARNING:
DEVELOPMENT - DISCOVERY - DESIGN

Program

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011

Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Opening addresses
Prof. Lajos IZSÓ, Head, Institute of Applied Pedagogy and Psychology
Prof. András BENEDEK, Head, Department of Technical Education
Prof. Kristóf NYÍRI, Department of Technical Education
Plenary session      Chair: Lajos IZSÓ
09:30 – 10:10 Branko MITROVIĆ:
Contemporary Theories of Vision: Implications for Architectural Theory
10:10 – 10:50 Jonathan SHIMONY – Jula WILDBERGER:
Teaching Classics Through Art: Visual Arts as a Tool for Enhancing Text Comprehension and Appreciation
Coffee break
Plenary session      Chair: Gábor PALLÓ, Senior Consultant, Visual Learning Lab
11:10 – 11:50 Rob FARROW – Tim COUGHLAN:
Reflecting on Digital Scholarship through Activity Visualization       The presentation
11:50 – 12:30 Dieter MERSCH:
Visual Arguments. On Diagrams and Mathematical Graphs
Lunch break
Parallel sessions
Section A      (Room 139)      Chair: Norma B. GOETHE Section B      (Room 102)      Chair: Jonathan SHIMONY
14:00 – 14:30 Francisco LÓPEZ CANTOS:
Research Fronts: The Use of Images
in the Forefront of Scientific Research		 Robert GERO:
Creativity, The Performative Image, and Consciousness –
Creating Possible Worlds
14:35 – 15:05 Daniel L. GOLDEN:
Visualizing the Networks of Thought       The presentation 		Zsuzsanna KONDOR:
Practice and Theory – Scope and Limits of Pictorial Representation
15:10 – 15:40


 Kristóf NYÍRI:
Visualization in Mathematics –
Didactic Convenience or Cognitive Necessity?		 János HORVÁTH CZ.:
Farewell to Icons, Embracing Colours!       The presentation
Coffee break
Section A      (Room 139)      Chair: Viktor BEDŐ Section B      (Room 102)      Chair: Branko MITROVIĆ
16:00 – 16:30 Sander MÜNSTER – Thomas KÖHLER:
3D Modeling as Tool for the Reconstruction and Visualization of Historic Items in Humanities       The presentation		 Jane VINCENT:
Mediating Emotions via Visual Communications – An Exploration of the Visual Presentation of the Self via Mobile Communications
16:35 – 17:05 Zoltán SZŰTS:
The Quest for Realistic and 3D Visual Representation
on the World Wide Web      The presentation		 Gabriella NÉMETH:
The Gendered Ethos of the Internet:
The Feminine Potential in the Digi-Visual Era
17:10 – 17:40 György MOLNÁR:
Visual Thinking in the 3D World: Three-dimensional Applications in Teaching and Learning		 Gábor Á. ZEMPLÉN:
The Art and Science of Perceiving and Theorizing –
Visual and Conceptual Learning in Goethe's Morphological Works

Conference dinner

Friday, Dec. 2, 2011

Plenary session     Chair: James E. KATZ
09:00 – 09:40 Petra ACZÉL:
Mediarhetoric – Visual Literacy
09:40 – 10:20 István MARADI:
The Coming of Age of the Televised Image – Interactivity for the Masses       The presentation
Coffee break
Plenary session     Chair: Kristóf NYÍRI
10:40 – 11:20 Norma B. GOETHE:
Visual Learning, Design, and Invention in Leibniz
Parallel sessions
Section A      (Room 139)      Chair: Rob FARROW Section B      (Room 102)      Chair: Robert GERO
11:25 – 11:55 András BENEDEK:
Bursts or Constant Light? On the Potential of Learning Networks		 Zsuzsanna KEMENESI:
The Soul and the Memory in Japanese Photomedia
12:00 – 12:30 Robert ARNAUTU:
Understanding vs. Creativity in Visual Learning       The presentation		 Ferenc ANDRÁS:
Visualization and the Aesthetics of Film       The presentation
12:35 – 13:05 Réka NAGY:
Visual Learning: Teaching with Pictures       The presentation		 Anikó GORÁCZ:
(Visualized) Images of Fragrance –
The Essence of Parfume Commercials
Lunch break
Section A      (Room 139)      Chair: Jula WILDBERGER Section B      (Room 102)      Chair: Ian SMYTHE
14:10 – 14:40 Gábor PALLÓ:
Images in Science: The Periodic Table		 Tamás EITLER:
Visual Design and Brand Identity:
The Case of University Websites
14:45 – 15:15 Anna GYŐRFI:
Personalization of Visual Content in Educational Games		 Viktor BEDŐ:
Implicit Knowledge in Design Thinking
15:20 – 15:50 Fanni ERDÉSZ:
Visual Learning and Visual Intelligence in Education through the Lenses of Cognitive Metaphor Theory and Howard Gardner		 Ágnes VESZELSZKI:
Connections of Image and Text in Digital and Handwritten Documents
The presentation
Coffee break
Plenary session      Chair: András BENEDEK
16:10 – 16:50 Ian SMYTHE:
Does Dyslexia Confer Visual Advantages in Society?
16:50 – 17:30 James E. KATZ:
Time and Biography – Folk Visual Metaphors
17:30 – 17:50 Concluding discussion

Farewell party