CEE: Learning and Teaching Technology division
CEE's Educational Technology team runs a suite of boutique services for the Learning and Teaching Technology division at SFU.
Mapping the System
WITH VISUALS
JASON TOAL - Learning + teaching technology
March 3, 2020
I promote and teach
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Sketching (art)
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Visual Thinking (design)
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StorytellinG,
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Sketch notes (education)
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Graphic Facilitation and more.
WEbsites
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sfu.ca/cee/contact/jasontoal (SFU)
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teachingvisually.opened.ca
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samepagestudio.ca (CONSULTANT)
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jasontoal.ca (PERSONAL)
CHallenge: Submit a visual map of your research
Map the System is a global competition that challenges you to think differently about social and environmental change.
2018: Winners and finalists
2019: Winners and finalists
Map Types: There are manY
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Diagrams
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Infographics
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Posters
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Comics
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Presentations
Nielsen Norman Group
World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience
David Grey
Game Storming
How to find the best visual analogy?
Follow there 5 principles:
1. It looks familiar to most of people
2. It has a structure
3. It matches your narrative’s structure
4. It is visible (something that can be seen)
5. It is visual (something that is easy to see)
Visual Analogies
The key to communicating visually is finding ubiquitous visual symbols that need no verbal explanation.
The work of Edward Tufte
Charles Joseph Minard's Carte Figurative illustrates facts related to French Invasion of Russia1812.
Lines
Text
Text
Text
letters
Frenzy Review
- Enhances memory
- Improves understanding
- Fun!
- Text, IMAGES, Structure
- Treatement of words as IMAGES
- IMAGES are recognizable forms
What is a 'jam'?
...a process of rapidly brainstorming and prototyping
Icon jam instructions
Number your index cards (#1 - #?)
Wait for prompt
Draw for 30 seconds
Gallery walk
Lets draw!
Lets walk!
Stories in 4 parts
- 4 panels
- Yonkomo
- 4 icons
more to explore
resources and links
storyboard templates
explainer
video
the end
Copy of Mapping the System - with Visuals
By CEE: Learning and Teaching Technology division
Copy of Mapping the System - with Visuals
In a world of information overload, visual communication can be a powerful means of making your content more accessible and engaging to learners. In this hands on workshop, you will experience some basic drawing exercises and explore strategies for applying them to lightboard video creation and other visual media. Participants will practice short, simple drawing activities that you and your students can use to engage with course material in visual ways. No previous drawing experience needed.
