Creating Graphics for Learning and Performance: Lessons in Visual Literacy by Linda L Lohr (9780132191586)
Linda L Lohr
Release Date: 17 July 2007 Format: Paperback Pages: 317 Category: Computers & Technology Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 9780132191586 ISBN-10: 013219158X
It's all here Everything teachers and instructional designers need to know to produce effective, efficient, and appealing visuals for classrooms and training/performance settings-including web-based training and distance learning. This book explains the "process" of graphic design, exploring not only the rules that apply to designing graphics, but also the thinking, experimenting, and evaluating that goes into a good design. Blending information from such diverse sources as instructional design and architecture, graphic arts and ergonomics, the author provides a wealth of examples, exercises, and hands-on activities that reinforce content. Underlying everything is information processing theory and an emphasis on the importance of designing visuals that not only appeal to the eyes, but also support cognitive processes by helping learners select the most important