Visual literacy
[...] 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
- from ACRL Visual Literacy Competency
infographic from Hot Butter Studio
Visual literacy basics
- Meaning of Color - by Anna Szwemin on the Visual Literacy blog
- Breaking Down an Image - The Writing Commons
- 10 Commandments of Visual Communication - by Designmantic
- Abstract vs Realism - from Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics
- Wake up and Smell the Fonts - TED Talk by Sarah Hyndman (14:26)
Visual Literacy in Education
- Awareness of Cognitive Load - University of Vanderbilt
- Key Cognitive Load Terms - How to use Mayer's 12 Principles of Multimedia
- Signaling
- Chunking
- Weeding
- Verbal/Visual Channels
- 5 Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in ELearning - ELearning Industry
- ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
Data Visualization
- 5 Tools for Creating Amazing Online Charts
- 7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs
- Adobe
- Tableau
- Tableau Public (free)
- Datawrapper
- Create Charts and Maps
- Heat Maps - ex: Frequency of Letters
- Interactive maps - ex: Redlining Louisville
- Timelines
Assistance in Creating Visual works
Graphic Design and Image Creation
Instagram