Eric N. Wiebe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of STEM Education & Senior Research Fellow at the Friday Institute
Contact Info
North Carolina State Univ
510M Poe Hall, Box 7801
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919-515-1753
Fax: 919-515-6892
eric_wiebe(at)ncsu.edu
Research Statement
I am currently pursuing research looking at multi-modal communication of scientific and technical information and in the design and evaluation of innovative uses of computing technologies in STEM instructional settings. Application of this research in the visual realm is a specific focus and includes: 1) exploring the perceptual and cognitive basis of 2-D and 3-D graphic communication; 2) understanding how graphics can be used as a vehicle for communicating engineering and scientific information as part of the scientific discovery and engineering design process and 3) promoting graphics literacy and the application of scientific visualization in primary, secondary and post-secondary education. The use of instructional technology is of particular importance to this work, especially through the use of multi-modal, interactive learning tools. Since the integration of these technology tools are essential for their effective use, research with instructional technologies is also being pursued at large scales, looking at how specific technologies influence teaching and learning at the classroom and school level and how schools and teachers could change practice to maximize the potential of these new technologies.
Current Projects
Graphic Enhanced Elementary Science
Maximizing the Impact of STEM Outreach through Data-driven Decision-Making (MISO)
Selected Publications
Wiebe, E. N., Branoff, T., & Shreve, M. (2011). Online Resource Utilization in a Hybrid Course in Engineering Graphics. Advances in Engineering Education.
Wiebe, E. N. (2010). Learning design: Creating contexts for learning experiences. Paper commissioned by the NSF Blue Sky Workshop. Landsdowne, MD.
Wiebe, E. N., Roberts, E., & Behrend, T. S. (2010). An Examination of Two Mental Workload Measurement Approaches to Understanding Multimedia Learning. Computers in Human Behavior 26. 474-481.
Behrend, T. S., Wiebe, E. N., London, J. & Johnson, E. (2010). Cloud computing adoption and usage in community colleges. Behaviour & Information Technology 30(2)231-240.
Wiebe, E. N., Minogue, J., Jones, M. G., Cowley, J., & Krebs, D. (2009). Haptic Feedback and Students' Learning about Levers: Unraveling the Effect of Simulated Touch. Computers & Education 53. 667-676.
Minogue, J., Wiebe, E., Madden, L., Bedward, J., & Carter, M. (2010). Graphically Enhanced Science Notebooks: The Intersection of Science Notebooks, Graphics, and Inquiry. Science and Children 48(3). 52-55.
Wiebe, E. N., Minogue, J., Jones, M. G., Cowley, J., & Krebs, D. (2009). Haptic Feedback and Students' Learning about Levers: Unraveling the Effect of Simulated Touch. Computers & Education 53. 667-676.
Wiebe, E. N. (2008). Data visualization and gaming. In L. A. Annetta (ed.). Serious educational games: From theory to practice. (pp. 45-54). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishing.
Cook, M. P., Wiebe, E. N, & Carter, G. (2008). The Influence of Prior Knowledge on Viewing and Interpreting Graphics with Macroscopic and Molecular Representations. Science Education 92(5). 848-867.
Wiebe, E. N. & Annetta, L. A. (2008). Influences on Visual Attentional Distribution in Multimedia Instruction. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia 17(2). 259-277.
Scheiter, K. Wiebe, E. N., & Holsanova, J. (2008). Theoretical and Instructional Aspects of Learning with Visualizations. In R. Zheng (ed.), Cognitive effects of multimedia learning (pp. 67-88). Hershey, PA: ISR Publishers.
Wiebe, E. N., Clark, A. C., Ferzli, M. G. & Petlick, J. H. (2007) VisTE: Visualization in technology education—Units 1-12. New York: Delmar Learning/Thomson.
Bertoline, G. R., Wiebe, E. N. (2007). Fundamentals of Graphics Communication. (5th Edition) New York: McGraw-Hill.