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ELC 010: How To Design Real (Not Fake) Information Graphics

Infographics for Learning

by Connie Malamed

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alberto-cairo-infographicsInformation graphics are a tool for understanding so they have great potential for improving learning. But how do you create infographics for learning?

In this podcast, Alberto Cairo, visual journalist, educator and author walks listeners through the process, which can be applied to infographics for learning. He also talks about the cognitive aspects of visualization.

Alberto Cairo is a Professor of the Professional Practice at the School of Communication of the University of Miami. He teaches classes on visual storytelling and infographics. He is the author of the book The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization.

Alberto has been a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and director of infographics and multimedia at El Mundo, one of the main national newspapers in Spain, and at Época, the second news magazine in Brazil. His website is thefunctionalart.com, and he can be found on Twitter as @albertocairo.

the functional artWE DISCUSS:

  • Real purpose of infographics
  • Importance of anticipating what your audience will do
  • Listening to science when it comes to perception
  • Types of graphic to use for specific goals
  • Questions to ask yourself when planning an infographic
  • Infographics are to be read and used
  • Problem with using pie charts for making comparisons
  • Planning process that we can apply to instructional design for infographics
  • Principles for designing interactions
  • Tools and resources for understanding and creating infographics

TIME: 46 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Download the ELC 010 Podcast Transcript.

RESOURCES

Books Alberto recommends:

  • Functional Art
  • The Design of Everyday Things
  • Visual Language For Designers
  • Information Dashboard Design
  • Show Me the Numbers
  • The Elements of Graphing Data
  • Creating More Effective Graphs

Tools for Creating Interactive Graphics (no programing required)

  • iChart
  • Data Wrapper
  • Google Fusion Tables
  • Tableau Public

Interactive Graphics (programming required)

  • Processing
  • D3
  • R

 Blogs:

  • The Functional Art
  • Flowing Data
  • Information Aesthetics
  • Eager Eyes
  • Visualizing Data

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Comments

  1. Connie Malamed says

    September 1, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    Thank you, Mayra. All credit goes to Alberto. He is very good at making things clear!

  2. Mayra Aixa Villar says

    September 1, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    I couldn´t help it…I had to listen to this podcast twice! The conversation was so stimulating and the topic is just fascinating. So, many thanks, Alberto and Connie. Also, thank you so much for sharing amazing tips and resources!

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