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Teaching Visualization:
Effective Communication in
Visual Formats
Margot Hanson
Instruction & Outreach Librarian
California Maritime Academy
WILU Conference, May 21, 2014 | London, Ontario
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
When [vision-competencies are]
developed, they enable a visually
literate person to discriminate and
interpret the visible actions,
objects, symbols, natural or man-
made, that he encounters in his
environment.
John Debes, 1969. http://www.ivla.org
A visually literate individual is
both a critical consumer of
visual media and a competent
contributor to a body of shared
knowledge and culture.
2011 ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards
A visually literate individual is able to...
• Determine the nature and extent of the visual materials needed
• Find and access needed images and visual media effectively and efficiently
• Interpret and analyze the meanings of images and visual media
• Evaluate images and their sources
• Use images and visual media effectively
• Design and create meaningful images and visual media
• Understand many of the ethical, legal, social, and economic issues surrounding
the creation and use of images and visual media, and access and use visual
materials ethically
Visual Literacy Array based on ACRL’s Visual Literacy Standards
Hattwig, D., Bussert, K., Medaille, A., & Burgess, J. (2013). Visual literacy standards in higher education: New
opportunities for libraries and student learning. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 13(1), 61-89.
PowerPoint
Best Practices
Visual Exercise #1
According to the picture superiority effect, pictures are
remembered better than words—especially for casual exposure
to information for limited time.
Use pictures and words together so they reinforce the same
information for optimal effect.
See this effect used widely in marketing communications, such
as posters, billboards, brochures, annual reports, etc.
Visual imagery is a powerful mnemonic tool that helps learning
and increases retention compared to, say, witnessing someone
read words off a screen.
Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen Design
Slideument
Picture Superiority Effect:
Pictures remembered better than words in cases of:
•casual exposure
•limited amount of time
•Reinforce by using pictures and words together
•Used extensively in:
•posters
•billboards
•brochures
•annual reports
Visual imagery is a powerful mnemonic tool that helps learning
and increases retention.
Teleprompter
1 One idea
per slide
Preserve “white
space”
3
A slide’s message
should be
understood within
three seconds.
Make time to translate
ideas into images
Who is your audience?
OR
PowerPoint
Assignment
Guidelines
● Your audience is Cal Maritime students outside your
major. What is the problem in a nutshell? Why should
they care? How might it affect them? What can they do
about it?
● All slides should be primarily graphical.
● All photos and other images must be high resolution,
licensed for re-use, and include a credit that names the
creator of the image.
● No bullet points.
● Choose your graphics carefully. Their purpose is not
decoration. Their purpose is communication.
5 points 7-9 points 10 points
Slides 2-9 Graphic/image lacks
credit (if applicable)
Notes box empty or
too cryptic
Animated elements
appear out of order
Number or speed of
animations distracts
from content
Slide difficult to read
quickly due to interfering
background, excessive
text, size of text or
graphics, color choices,
pixelated images
More than 1 idea per slide
Lack of variety of graphics:
over-reliance on 1-2 types
of graphic (photos, maps,
etc.)
Graphic communicates
effectively by following
best practices
Shows awareness of
audience by addressing
the “why,” “how,” or
“what” questions in
assignment prompt
Slide is uncluttered, with
clean object borders
Slide 10:
Bibliography
More than 3 style
errors
1-3 style errors No errors in APA style
Recommended Reading
Reynolds, Garr. (2010). Presentation Zen Design.
Berkeley, CA: New Riders.
Duarte, Nancy. (2008). Slide:ology. Sebastopol, CA:
O'Reilly Media.
Tufte, Edward. (2003). The Cognitive Style of
PowerPoint. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
Big Data + Excel
Visual Exercise #2
The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen
http://splicd.com/hVimVzgtD6w/251/302
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
What factors are associated with
poverty around the world?
And how does the United States
compare with other countries on these
factors?
Use data from the World Bank to
explore these questions.
Excel Poverty Analysis Assignment
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Data and calculations are accurate
Sheets labeled & organized correctly
Appropriate charts
Charts are accurate and labeled
Concluding analysis
Annotated Map
Visual Exercise #3
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Learning Outcomes
1. News Research:
Students will locate relevant news stories on a current issue in
their major in order to select the most significant and reliable
sources of information.
2. Synthesis and Mapping:
Students will create an annotated map in order to synthesize
and organize information spatially.
Incident Map Assignment
● Identify a topic you would like to illustrate with a map.
● Identify four significant events related to your topic. These events
should have occurred in different places within one country or region
of the world. For many topics, Lexis/Nexis or CountryWatch will help
with this.
● Create a map using Google Maps and mark the location of your four
events using pushpins. Annotate each pushpin with date and brief
summary (2 sentences) of each event in the description.
● Create APA citations for your sources and add them to their relevant
descriptions.
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Are incidents significant and all related
to topic?
Are incidents located accurately on map?
Are incidents described clearly and
concisely?
Are sources reliable and cited correctly?
Infographics
Visual Exercise #4
Thank You to:
Caitlin Bagley
Gonzaga University
http://www.loexconference.org/2013/sessions.html
What is an Infographic?
Graphic visual
representations of
information, data or
knowledge.
Doug Newsom and Jim Haynes (2004). Public Relations Writing: Form and Style.
Value of Data Visualization
Create your own infographic to
communicate a topic of your choice.
Making your own will help you
understand the issues of bias in data
interpretation, so you'll be a more
informed consumer of infographics that
you see in the future.
Infographic Assignment
Infographic Assignment
1. Pick a topic
2. Find data about your topic
3. Turn your data into an infographic
4. Cite data sets in APA format
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
View student infographics on
Cal Maritime Library’s Facebook
page: http://on.fb.me/1lPL67d
50% 80% 100%
Communication &
Design
(20 points)
Information is insufficient
to interpret the topic and
main points.
Visual elements interfere
with main points.
Infographic displays information
graphically, but does not have
visual appeal.
Visual elements contribute to
main points, but may be cluttered
or confusing.
Infographic is colorful and
visually interesting.
Visual elements support
communication of main points
and overall understanding of the
topic.
Data Accuracy
(20 points)
Data is incorrectly
represented and/or not
factual.
Source of data not reliable.
Units are not labeled or are
inaccurate.
Data is mostly correctly
represented but contains some
errors.
Most units are labeled
accurately, with minor errors.
Data represented is presented
correctly and without error.
All units are labeled accurately.
Citation
(10 points)
No citations or citation
completely incorrect.
Data citation contains some
errors.
All data is correctly cited in APA
format.
Reflective Comics
Visual Exercise #5
Thank You to:
Matt Upson
Oklahoma State University
http://www.loexconference.org/2013/sessions.html
Choose a country that has ratified the
Kyoto Protocol.
Collect reliable sources about that
country’s efforts to meet the
requirements of this treaty.
Document what you find in a graphic
research narrative.
Visual Research Narrative
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats
Does the comic address each of the reflection prompts?
Is there enough detail in words and/or images to be
understandable? Are images related to story?
Is there enough organization in layout to be
understandable?
Proofread for spelling and clean design?
Are sources reliable and relevant to topic?
Questions & Discussion
mhanson@csum.edu
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Teaching visualization: effective communication in visual formats

  • 1. Teaching Visualization: Effective Communication in Visual Formats Margot Hanson Instruction & Outreach Librarian California Maritime Academy WILU Conference, May 21, 2014 | London, Ontario
  • 3. When [vision-competencies are] developed, they enable a visually literate person to discriminate and interpret the visible actions, objects, symbols, natural or man- made, that he encounters in his environment. John Debes, 1969. http://www.ivla.org
  • 4. A visually literate individual is both a critical consumer of visual media and a competent contributor to a body of shared knowledge and culture. 2011 ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards
  • 5. A visually literate individual is able to... • Determine the nature and extent of the visual materials needed • Find and access needed images and visual media effectively and efficiently • Interpret and analyze the meanings of images and visual media • Evaluate images and their sources • Use images and visual media effectively • Design and create meaningful images and visual media • Understand many of the ethical, legal, social, and economic issues surrounding the creation and use of images and visual media, and access and use visual materials ethically
  • 6. Visual Literacy Array based on ACRL’s Visual Literacy Standards Hattwig, D., Bussert, K., Medaille, A., & Burgess, J. (2013). Visual literacy standards in higher education: New opportunities for libraries and student learning. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 13(1), 61-89.
  • 8. According to the picture superiority effect, pictures are remembered better than words—especially for casual exposure to information for limited time. Use pictures and words together so they reinforce the same information for optimal effect. See this effect used widely in marketing communications, such as posters, billboards, brochures, annual reports, etc. Visual imagery is a powerful mnemonic tool that helps learning and increases retention compared to, say, witnessing someone read words off a screen. Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen Design Slideument
  • 9. Picture Superiority Effect: Pictures remembered better than words in cases of: •casual exposure •limited amount of time •Reinforce by using pictures and words together •Used extensively in: •posters •billboards •brochures •annual reports Visual imagery is a powerful mnemonic tool that helps learning and increases retention. Teleprompter
  • 10. 1 One idea per slide
  • 12. 3 A slide’s message should be understood within three seconds.
  • 13. Make time to translate ideas into images
  • 14. Who is your audience?
  • 15. OR
  • 17. ● Your audience is Cal Maritime students outside your major. What is the problem in a nutshell? Why should they care? How might it affect them? What can they do about it? ● All slides should be primarily graphical. ● All photos and other images must be high resolution, licensed for re-use, and include a credit that names the creator of the image. ● No bullet points. ● Choose your graphics carefully. Their purpose is not decoration. Their purpose is communication.
  • 18. 5 points 7-9 points 10 points Slides 2-9 Graphic/image lacks credit (if applicable) Notes box empty or too cryptic Animated elements appear out of order Number or speed of animations distracts from content Slide difficult to read quickly due to interfering background, excessive text, size of text or graphics, color choices, pixelated images More than 1 idea per slide Lack of variety of graphics: over-reliance on 1-2 types of graphic (photos, maps, etc.) Graphic communicates effectively by following best practices Shows awareness of audience by addressing the “why,” “how,” or “what” questions in assignment prompt Slide is uncluttered, with clean object borders Slide 10: Bibliography More than 3 style errors 1-3 style errors No errors in APA style
  • 19. Recommended Reading Reynolds, Garr. (2010). Presentation Zen Design. Berkeley, CA: New Riders. Duarte, Nancy. (2008). Slide:ology. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media. Tufte, Edward. (2003). The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
  • 20. Big Data + Excel Visual Exercise #2
  • 21. The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen http://splicd.com/hVimVzgtD6w/251/302
  • 24. What factors are associated with poverty around the world? And how does the United States compare with other countries on these factors? Use data from the World Bank to explore these questions. Excel Poverty Analysis Assignment
  • 28. Data and calculations are accurate Sheets labeled & organized correctly Appropriate charts Charts are accurate and labeled Concluding analysis
  • 31. Learning Outcomes 1. News Research: Students will locate relevant news stories on a current issue in their major in order to select the most significant and reliable sources of information. 2. Synthesis and Mapping: Students will create an annotated map in order to synthesize and organize information spatially.
  • 32. Incident Map Assignment ● Identify a topic you would like to illustrate with a map. ● Identify four significant events related to your topic. These events should have occurred in different places within one country or region of the world. For many topics, Lexis/Nexis or CountryWatch will help with this. ● Create a map using Google Maps and mark the location of your four events using pushpins. Annotate each pushpin with date and brief summary (2 sentences) of each event in the description. ● Create APA citations for your sources and add them to their relevant descriptions.
  • 35. Are incidents significant and all related to topic? Are incidents located accurately on map? Are incidents described clearly and concisely? Are sources reliable and cited correctly?
  • 37. Thank You to: Caitlin Bagley Gonzaga University http://www.loexconference.org/2013/sessions.html
  • 38. What is an Infographic?
  • 39. Graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. Doug Newsom and Jim Haynes (2004). Public Relations Writing: Form and Style.
  • 40. Value of Data Visualization
  • 41. Create your own infographic to communicate a topic of your choice. Making your own will help you understand the issues of bias in data interpretation, so you'll be a more informed consumer of infographics that you see in the future. Infographic Assignment
  • 42. Infographic Assignment 1. Pick a topic 2. Find data about your topic 3. Turn your data into an infographic 4. Cite data sets in APA format
  • 47. View student infographics on Cal Maritime Library’s Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/1lPL67d
  • 48. 50% 80% 100% Communication & Design (20 points) Information is insufficient to interpret the topic and main points. Visual elements interfere with main points. Infographic displays information graphically, but does not have visual appeal. Visual elements contribute to main points, but may be cluttered or confusing. Infographic is colorful and visually interesting. Visual elements support communication of main points and overall understanding of the topic. Data Accuracy (20 points) Data is incorrectly represented and/or not factual. Source of data not reliable. Units are not labeled or are inaccurate. Data is mostly correctly represented but contains some errors. Most units are labeled accurately, with minor errors. Data represented is presented correctly and without error. All units are labeled accurately. Citation (10 points) No citations or citation completely incorrect. Data citation contains some errors. All data is correctly cited in APA format.
  • 50. Thank You to: Matt Upson Oklahoma State University http://www.loexconference.org/2013/sessions.html
  • 51. Choose a country that has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Collect reliable sources about that country’s efforts to meet the requirements of this treaty. Document what you find in a graphic research narrative. Visual Research Narrative
  • 55. Does the comic address each of the reflection prompts? Is there enough detail in words and/or images to be understandable? Are images related to story? Is there enough organization in layout to be understandable? Proofread for spelling and clean design? Are sources reliable and relevant to topic?