6.1

A part of 6.1 Lightning Talk session Ashley Waggoner Denton, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Psychology, FAS Infographics present large amounts of information in a compact and easy to understand way, using texts, symbols, colours, and graphic visuals. The creation of an effective infographic requires students to draw on a wide range of skills, including information literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills. In this session I will describe how I have used infographics in two different courses to meet specific course learning outcomes. In one course, students select a data set from the Government of Canada open [...]