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Basic Visual Design Principles

Basic Visual Design Principles. Karen Ferneding C&I 335. What is Visual Literacy? Educational Purposes:. Critical Thinking - Heightened awareness of hyper-mediated visual culture (media literacy) Communication - Support effective teaching and learning . Learning & Instruction.

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Basic Visual Design Principles

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  1. Basic Visual Design Principles Karen Ferneding C&I 335

  2. What is Visual Literacy?Educational Purposes: • Critical Thinking - Heightened awareness of hyper-mediated visual culture (media literacy) • Communication - Support effective teaching and learning

  3. Learning & Instruction • Connection between visual imagery, sound, memory & perception • Theories about how memory works • Information processing theory • Dual-coding theory

  4. Information Processing Theory Sensory & Working Visual & Auditory Short Term Memory Selecting Organizing Long Term Memory Visual & Language Integration

  5. Dual-Coding Theory • Separate memory systems for different types of information • Verbal: language systems (auditory/speech) • Imaginal: (picture, sound, taste, nonverbal thoughts & imagination) Concrete (cat) vs. Abstract ideas/emotions (fickle) – which is easiest to remember?

  6. Learning & Instruction • Design visuals to support cognitive processes of selection, organization & integration • Choose colors, typefaces & visual symbols • Use visual design principles of figure/ground, hierarchy & gestalt

  7. Three Principles • Hierarchy: Helping learners organize information • Figure/Ground: Helping learners selectimportant information • Gestalt: Helping learners integrate information

  8. Principles of Visual Design Principles of Perception & Visual Design • Hierarchy: The perception principle that communicates the relative importance of elements in a display • Chunking groups of related information using visual cues • Imaginary vertical, horizontal & diagonal planes • Visually stratify layers of information

  9. Types of Symbols

  10. Rule of Thirds

  11. Graphs & Visualization of Data Napoleon’s March on Moscow (1812-1813) Charles Joseph Minard

  12. Principles of Perception &Visual Design • Figure/Ground: The perception principle that describes how the mind seeks figure and ground distinctions • Figure: Information that stands out • Ground: Information that recedes or supports

  13. Figure Ground

  14. Labyrinths • Labyrinths, usually in the form of a circle, have a meandering but purposeful path, from the edge to the center and back out again, large enough to be walked into. • Each has only one path, and once we make the choice to enter it, the path becomes a metaphor for our journey through life.

  15. Labyrinths Labyrinths, usually in the form of a circle, have a meandering but purposeful path, from the edge to the center and back out again, large enough to be walked into. Each has only one path, and once we make the choice to enter it, the path becomes a metaphor for our journey through life.

  16. Labyrinths Labyrinths, usually in the form of a circle, have a meandering but purposeful path, from the edge to the center and back out again, large enough to be walked into. Each has only one path, and once we make the choice to enter it, the path becomes a metaphor for our journey through life.

  17. Principles of Perception & Visual Design • Gestalt:The whole (a total learning environment) is greater than the sum of its parts (successful design and integration of all visual/instructional elements) • A/symmetry, balance, proximity, similarity, contrast & contiguity • Closure: mind’s tendency to seek completion

  18. Contrast and Proximity Hare CONtrast Hare

  19. Three Types of Balance

  20. Color Schemes Grey scale: Black, grey, white Monochromatic: different tints (added white) or shades (added black) of same color Complementary: directly opposite on color wheel (e.g. red-green, yellow,-violet, orange-blue) Primary: red, blue, yellow Secondary: purple, green, orange

  21. How to Choose Colors • Be inspired by art and nature • Explore color palettes of templates • Use psychological associations (color and mood/meaning) • Red: passion, bloodshed, power, zeal • Blue: serenity, tranquility • Green: growth, hope, disease, terror

  22. Color Contrast and Legibility

  23. Example of a Color Schema

  24. Typeface as an Expressive Form

  25. Process of Visual Design(Unique Thematic Visual Schema) • Elements: selection and assemblage of text/visual elements • Pattern: determine underlying pattern (harmony or gestalt) for consistency • Arrangement: how individual elements arranged within the underlying pattern

  26. Eport Visual Schema Theme -- idea/topic Metaphor – symbol/simile Icon – image/sign Telling a Story

  27. Imaging Technology Professional Electronic Portfolio Jenny Sweetwater CV Transcripts Philosophy Teaching Standards Educational Links

  28. Patterns Professional Electronic portfolio CV Transcripts Philosophy Teaching Standards Educational Links Jennifer Sweetwater

  29. Jenny Sweetwater Professional Electronic Portfolio CV Transcripts Teaching Standards Philosophy Statement Educational Links

  30. EPortfolio Examples • http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/jlin/ePort/homepage.html • http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/kariott/eport/index.htm http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/blackstn/eport/index.htm http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/jbruton/eport/eporthomepage.htm • http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/rklawson/eport

  31. Bibliography • Lohr, Linda (2003). Creating Graphics for Learning and Performance. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall. • Smaldino, S. E., Russell, J. D., Heinich, R. & Molenda, M. (2005). Instructional Technology and Media for Learning. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

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