Tag: dual coding
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A collaborative and active teaching approach anchored in info design
As an information designer, visuals–such as colors, shapes, and graphic elements–play a key role in both my teaching prep and my classes as they help me think, uncover connections, see hidden parts in a story, and work more collaboratively with students and teaching assistants. Particularly, since I have started teaching design to a non-design audience,…
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Implications of dual coding for information design
As part of a project I am collaborating on, I recently learned about dual coding theory which was introduced by Allan Paivio in the 1970s. In short, dual coding is a cognitive psychology theory that argues that the use of visuals and words can aid the explanation of new content (to expand on learned material) and improve…
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