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Table 4 Visualisation Techniques used in TA

From: Teaching analytics, value and tools for teacher data literacy: a systematic and tripartite approach

Visualisation Techniques

Examples

Source

Statistical Graphs Visualisation

Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Line Chart, Histogram, Bubble Chart, Word Cloud, Boxplot.

(Ginon et al. 2016; KU et al. 2018; Libbrecht et al. 2013; Michos and Hernández Leo 2016; Müller et al. 2016; Pantazos et al. 2013; Pantazos and Vatrapu 2016; Prieto et al. 2018; Sergis and Sampson 2016; Shen et al. 2018; Thomas 2018; Vatrapu et al. 2013; Vatrapu et al. 2013)

Table Visualisation

Matrix, Table Heatmap, Tabular.

(Chounta et al. 2016; KU et al. 2018; Libbrecht et al. 2013; Michos and Hernández Leo 2016)

Timeline Visualisation

Line Graph, Stripe grapic, Gantt chart, Orchestration Graph, Shapelets.

(Ginon et al. 2016; KU et al. 2018; Michos and Hernández Leo 2016; Prieto et al. 2016; Prieto et al. 2018; Saar et al. 2018; Suehiro et al. 2017)

Network Visualisation

Network Analysis, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Knowledge Graphs, Curriculum knowledge graph, Path recommendation graph, Spiral Graph, Treemap.

(Goggins et al. 2016; Pantazos et al. 2013; Shen et al. 2018; Vatrapu et al. 2013)

Spatial Visualisation

Heatmap, Area of Interest Analysis (AOI).

(Pantazos and Vatrapu 2016; Vatrapu et al. 2013)

Static Visualisation

Static Visual Speedometer Graph, Static Visual Dashboards, Static Statistical Graphs.

(Müller et al. 2016; Pantazos and Vatrapu 2016; Pantazos et al. 2013; Sergis and Sampson 2016; Vatrapu et al. 2013)

Real-time Visualisation

Real-time Speedometer Graph, Stream Graph, Real-time Visual Dashboards, Dynamic Statistical Graphs, Animations.

(Barmaki and Hughes 2015; KU et al. 2018; Libbrecht et al. 2013; Vatrapu et al. 2013)

Individual Visualisation

Teacher visualising single or individual user (teacher or student) activities.

(Müller et al. 2016; Pantazos and Vatrapu 2016; Pantazos et al. 2013; Sergis and Sampson 2016; Vatrapu et al. 2013)

Group Visualisation

Teacher visualising group of student activities.

(Barmaki and Hughes 2015; KU et al. 2018; Libbrecht et al. 2013; Pantazos and Vatrapu 2016; Vatrapu et al. 2013)