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Objectives
This topic is dedicated to explaining the effectiveness of infographics and data visualizations, and to deliver practical knowledge that will allow students to create infographics.
In detail, it is divided into four lessons:
Effectiveness of infographics and data visualizations: This lesson better defines infographics and data visualizations and explains their usefulness, based on their effectiveness in presenting data and information. Moreover, it provides practical tips on usability and reliability. Lastly, some examples are shown, with particular regard to natural and cultural heritage;
Visual representation of data and information: In this second lesson different ways to graphically represent data and information are presented, highlighting the characteristics that make them best suited to certain contents and aims. Based on this lesson, the student can improve their skills regarding the correct encoding of data in a picture to make them clearly understandable and even suitable to specific user needs;
Different applications of information visualization: This lesson briefly presents a different practical application of information visualization, showing the wide versatility of this instrument. In addition, some online tools for quickly and effectively creating infographics and data visualizations are introduced to highlight the availability of different resources according to the type of infographic or data visualization to create;
Creating an infographic: This last lesson describes some key steps for creating an infographic. Free graphics software is used as an example to explain some functions that can be found in many tools used for creating infographics. In addition, some free online repositories with useful resources are suggested. After this lesson, students can realize an infographic that can be uploaded on the O-City World platform.
The main objectives of the topic are described in the following video.
Lesson 1. Effectiveness of infographics and data visualizationsPulsa para colapsar
The following table shows all the materials prepared for the teacher to learn (T2L) and for the teacher to take them to the classroom (T2T, S2P) for Lesson 1 of Topic 2. "Realization of an infographic". The description of the different types of materials (T2L, T2T, S2P) can be found here. For each material, teachers can find in this table: its description, the student workload and where the student works. Additionally, recommendations about what to do in the classroom are included (remember that one lesson corresponds to one class of the teacher with her/his students). Follow the links in the table to discover what O-City has prepared for you:
| L1 Effectiveness of infographics and data visualizations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Materials | Description | Student Workload | Where does the student work? | What to do in class? |
| T2L/T2T | Video T2.L1. Effectiveness of infographics and data visualizations | Introduction to the usefulness of information visualizations based on their effectiveness in presenting data and information | 15' | at home (flip-teaching) or in the classroom |
Solve doubts about previous Activities T1.L3.1 and T1.L3.2
Explain Video T2.L1 or solve doubts (if flip-teaching)
Explain Activities T2.L1.1 and T2.L1.2 (for students to do at home)
Explain requirements of the infographic to be part of the O-City World platform
Optionally propose the Extra activity T2.L1.1 |
| Pill. Different typologies of data sources about heritage
(video) |
5’ | at home | |||
| Pill. Practical examples of good infographics and data visualizations
(video) |
5’ | at home | |||
| T2T | Activity T2.L1.1. Case study analysis | Analyze an infographic or a data visualization about a natural or cultural heritage. Define if it is reliable and usable and explain on which elements you ground your choice | 2h | at home | |
| Activity T2.L1.2. Gather data and information to use in an infographic | Pick a natural or cultural heritage and collect different types of related materials that can be useful in creating an infographic promoting that heritage. Include information about possible users, context, and goals of the infographic | 3h | at home | ||
| S2P | Extra activity T2.L1.1. Evaluation tour | Visit a museum or a natural park and evaluate its visual system of communication in the view of using information visualization to improve the User Experience and promote the analyzed natural and cultural heritage | 4h | in the street | |
Lesson 2. Visual representation of data and informationPulsa para colapsar
The following table shows all the materials prepared for the teacher to learn (T2L) and for the teacher to take them to the classroom (T2T, S2P) for Lesson 2 of Topic 2. "Realization of an infographic". The description of the different types of materials (T2L, T2T, S2P) can be found here. For each material, teachers can find in this table: its description, the student workload and where the student works. Additionally, recommendations about what to do in the classroom are included (remember that one lesson corresponds to one class of the teacher with her/his students). Follow the links in the table to discover what O-City has prepared for you:
| L2 Visual representation of data and information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Materials | Description | Student Workload | Where does the student work? | What to do in class? |
| T2L/T2T | Video T2.L2. Visual representation of data and information | Presentation of different types of graphical representations of data and information, in order to understand how to suitably encode data in a picture | 30' | at home (flip-teaching) or in the classroom |
Solve doubts about previous Activities T2.L1.1 and T2.L1.2
Explain Video T2.L2 or solve doubts (if flip-teaching)
Explain Activities T2.L2.1 and T2.L2.2 (for students to do at home), and optionally propose the Extra activity T2.L2.1 |
| Pill. TEDEd Animation by Lea Gaslowitz about How to spot a misleading graph
(video) |
10' | at home | |||
| Pill. TEDEd Animation by Mark Liddell about How statistics can be misleading
(video) |
10' | at home | |||
| T2T | Activity T2.L2.1. Organize gathered information and data | Based on Activity T2.L1.2, sort the gathered information and data into categories according to correlations. Then define what you want to represent (i.e., the topic) and imagine the type of infographic you want to create | 4h | at home | |
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Activity T2.L2.2. Visualization of data and information (video, video content in pdf, activity factsheet in pdf) |
Based on Activity T2.L2.1, choose which visual representation best suits the selected data and information with the aim of facilitating understanding. Also, define the type of contents to include in your infographic | 2h | at home | ||
| S2P | Extra activity T2.L2.1. Collect and check data | Working in groups, students select one natural and cultural heritage from Activity T2.L1.2 and try to find different types of data about it. Then they check data for assuring their reliability | 3h | in the classroom | |
Lesson 3. Different applications of information visualizationPulsa para colapsar
| L3 Different applications of information visualization | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Materials | Description | Student Workload | Where does the student work? | What to do in class? |
| T2L/T2T | Video T2.L3. Different applications of information visualization | Some of the main practical applications of information visualization are illustrated, along with some tools to create the type of infographic or data visualization that best suits a certain type of practical application | 15' | at home (flip-teaching) or in the classroom |
Solve doubts about previous Activities T2.L2.1 and T2.L2.2
Explain Video T2.L3 or solve doubts (if flip-teaching)
Explain Activity T2.L3.1 (for students to do at home), and optionally propose the Extra activity T2.L3.1 |
| Pill. TEDx Talk by Dominic Bohan about Turning Bad Charts into Compelling Data Stories
(video) |
20' | at home | |||
| T2T | Activity T2.L3.1. Infographic prototype | After synthesizing the outcomes from previous activities of Topic 2 (T2.L1.2, T2.L2.1, and T2.L2.2) in a clear proposal, create a sketch of your infographic that defines its main visual characteristics and shows how it might look | 6h | at home | |
| S2P | Extra activity T2.L3.1. Comparison of the infographic projects | Based on the previous activities of Topic 2 (T2.L1.2, T2.L2.1, and T2.L2.2), students compare their projects for the infographic. Then they form groups to develop common solutions | 3h | in the classroom | |
Lesson 4. Creating an infographicPulsa para colapsar
The following table shows all the materials prepared for the teacher to learn (T2L) and for the teacher to take them to the classroom (T2T, S2P) for Lesson 4 of Topic 2. "Realization of an infographic". The description of the different types of materials (T2L, T2T, S2P) can be found here. For each material, teachers can find in this table: its description, the student workload and where the student works. Additionally, recommendations about what to do in the classroom are included (remember that one lesson corresponds to one class of the teacher with her/his students). Follow the links in the table to discover what O-City has prepared for you:
| L4 Creating an infographic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Materials | Description | Student Workload | Where does the student work? | What to do in class? |
| T2L/T2T | Video T2.L4. Creating an infographic | Explanation of some key steps for creating an infographic using, as an example, a free graphics software (that shows some functions that can be found in many tools used for creating infographics), and suggesting some free online repositories, in order to make students able to realize an infographic that can be uploaded on the O-City World platform | 45' | at home (flip-teaching) or in the classroom |
Solve doubts about previous Activity T2.L3.1
Explain Video T2.L4 or solve doubts (if flip-teaching)
Explain Activities T2.L4.1 and T2.L4.2 (for students to do in the classroom or at home), and optionally propose the Extra activity T2.L4.1 |
| Pill. Some examples of infographics made with online tools
(video) |
5' | at home | |||
| T2T | Activity T2.L4.1. Infographic prototype evaluation | Each student carries out a short test on his/her infographic prototype (with at least 5 students), collecting and analysing feedback and suggestions useful to improve it | 3h | in the classroom | |
| Activity T2.L4.2. Realization of the infographic | Based on the outcomes from Activities T2.L3.1 and T2.L4.1, choose a graphics tool and realize the final version of your infographic in order to upload it on the O-City World platform | 5h | at home | ||
| S2P | Extra activity T2.L4.1. Make your infographic interactive | Design an interactive version of the infographic defining the interactions occurring between the users and the interactive elements of the infographic. Highlight the changes that occurred in the visualization | 3h | in the classroom | |