Hi Margaret,

Sounds like a great thing to include in a course. It really teaches how to convey through the infamous "picture speaks a 1,000 words." 

Check out this book: http://www.popsci.com/americas-best-infographics-2015

Here are some other resources that may help:

http://www.schrockguide.net/infographics-as-an-assessment.html

http://at.blogs.wm.edu/infographics-as-alternatives-to-traditional-writing-assignments-what-why-and-how/

https://web20edu.com/2012/05/17/infographic-rubric-for-student-projects/

https://venngage.com/blog/how-to-use-infographics-in-high-school-classrooms/

David, thank you!  These are excellent resources!  This assignment came at the end of a course on Teaching and Learning in Physical Therapy Practice. Prior to this we discussed some educational theory, principles of effective instruction, patient education and learning within a community of practice. I introduced the infographic as another way of teaching or advocating for a specific cause. Then essentially I said "go for it!"  The students did an amazing job and it was really fun to see the diversity of topics and strategies for presenting their messages. Of course, now it's time to refine the assignment and the assessment. Your resources will be a great help! Again, thank you!   M

Margaret:

Here's the link for similar question in RG that can also be helpful:

https://www.researchgate.net/topic/infographics

Thanks Debra!

Infographics Videos brings data to life and captivates the audience.

http://goanimate.com/features

Great information, thank you Harshvardhan and Krishnan!

I teach an instructional technology course for pre-service teachers and I have them working on the creation of inforgraphics. I gave them a selection of infographic templates that work right in MS PowerPoint and which are totally free to users. Since they are preparing to be high school subject matter teachers, they represent a range of disciplines. They are each preparing an infographic that will be useful in the discipline in which they will be teaching. This is my first year doing it but so far the students are giving really positive feedback.

I currently design online content for academic purposes(autonomous learning) and have found  that integrating this kind of resources supports my learners´learning processes.Based on the fact that we mostly  gather information through our sense of sight, infographics seem to be the most appropriate material to be read. Also, having students summarize,synthesize and report using infographics works well as  creating mind or conceptual maps.

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marthamendez

We use them in our teacher education unit. Students use them to present information on a topic and enjoy using Piktochart. Here is a link to my Pinterest page which has infographics to help make infographics. :-)

https://au.pinterest.com/jwegg55/infographics/

I have students create infographics, instead of a presentation, in one class I teach. I use this article I wrote to help -- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281274571_Getting_graphic_About_Infographics_Design_Lessons_Learned_From_Popular_Infographics

Article Getting graphic About Infographics: Design Lessons Learned F...

I am going to suggest another tack.   Representing information visually is often a minefield of miscommunication.  This might represent an exciting challenge to your students.  Consider reviewing a book by Edward R. Tufte, such as "Beautiful Evidence," from which to develop ideas about what to teach.

use infographics in classroom rubric:-

• http://werklund.ucalgary.ca/tandl/files/tandl/rubric_lt2_infographic.pdf
• https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1447&context=etd
• https://venngage.com/blog/how-to-use-infographics-in-high-school-classrooms/