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Data Visualisation. By Best Practices Foundation. Brain and Processing Visuals. Visual aids in classrooms improve learning by up to 400% - 3M Corporation, 2001. Approximately 50% of our brain is dedicated (directly or indirectly) to visual functions.
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Data Visualisation By Best Practices Foundation
Brain and Processing Visuals Visual aids in classrooms improve learning by up to 400% - 3M Corporation, 2001 Approximately 50% of our brain is dedicated (directly or indirectly) to visual functions The brain processes visuals in 250 milliseconds 90 percent of information that comes to the brain is visual. – Hyerle, 2000 Neurons responsible for visual activity take up approximately 30% of our total grey matter, while neurons for touch & hearing only 8% & 3% - The Power of Infographics by Mark Smiciklas The brain processes visual information 60,000 faster than text. - 3M Corporation, 2001
What is Data Visualisation? • A pictorial representation or display of data • May take the form of an animation, a cloud, a map, a chart, or a simple picture • Created by mashing up a data source (or sources) Source: https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/UITKnowledgebase/Data+Visualization
What is Data Visualisation? Source: http://www.edudemic.com/what-are-infographics-do-they-really-help/
Importance of Data Visualisation It conveys a message in a simple way
Importance of Data Visualisation • Provides a good summary of information, data, & concepts • Helps to maintain focus
Importance of Data Visualisation • Breaks down concepts • Makes it simple and easy to understand • Improves decision making
Importance of Data Visualisation • Takes less time to understand and read through • Tackle the growing volume of data
Importance of Data Visualisation It is creative
Stakeholders of the Project Gram Panchayats Mahila Sanghas (SHGs) School Management Committees Child Rights Protection Forums Children’s Committees Youth Groups Teachers Forum for Child Rights • Mobilise local resources • Presurring government to provide mandated infrastructure & resources • Discuss child related issues in meetings • Be involved in labour abolition drives • Conduct CCE • Negotiate with school authorities • Participate in campaigns against child labour & children’s education • Train youth groups on RTE, child rights, child marriage, child labour & RTI • Monitoring • Resolving problems related to children’s needs • To encourage children to participate in school • Mainstream & institutionalize quality & compulsory education • Create awareness of RTE • Provide training to other community groups Community Based Organisations Government Institutions
Some supporting facts Makes it easier to remember things • 65% of people are visual learners • People following instructions with a visual element perform 323% better than those without • 40% of people respond better to visuals information than to plain text • 99% of all sensory data gets filtered out of the brain immediately. Visual data is in the 1% that remains
The Rise of Infographics In just 2 years infographic search volumes has increased 200 % 200 % 2 Years Years Percent
In Conclusion… Do you think this dog is friendly? Would you pet it?