Title :
Free software for a world in motion
Author :
Ronnlund, Anna Rosling ; Rosling, Ola
Author_Institution :
Gapminder, Malmo, Sweden
Abstract :
This work focus the need for new educational software environments for exploration of global statistics. We present some concrete examples of highly interactive, non-linear, visual displays for explorative understanding of socioeconomic trends in the contemporary world.
Keywords :
data visualisation; history; public domain software; software packages; statistical analysis; educational software environment; free software; global statistics exploration; interactive nonlinear visual displays; socioeconomic trends; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; History; International collaboration; Joining processes; Rhetoric; Societies; Software quality; Statistics; Voting;
Conference_Titel :
Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, 2004. Proceedings. Second International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2166-5
DOI :
10.1109/C5.2004.1314363
