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1 Infographics Visualizing Data with Elegance
Kate Lucey, Education Librarian Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

2 Outcomes Identify traits of an infographic Analyze infographics
Represent given data in a visual format Use the online tool Piktochart Showed infographics in simplest visual format (typology of shoes)

3 What is an Infographic? Data-rich visualization of a concept or story
“Blending data with design” (Smiciklas) 1982: USA Today and the weather David McCandless’s Information is Beautiful (2000) Animated options: 3D in Grand Central Station Smiciklas, M. (2012). The power of infographics: Using pictures to communicate and connect with your audiences. Indianapolis: QUE. Blending data with design: 35K BC (cave drawings), 3K BC (heiroglyphics), 1510 (DaVinci’s anatomical drawings) McCandless: Carbon emission rates, world religions, great books Central Station: Impact of mobile technology and social media

4 Audience "Attention economy” Processing speed Shorter time limits
Make data more appealing to visual learners Smiciklas, M. (2012). The power of infographics: Using pictures to communicate and connect with your audiences. Indianapolis: QUE. Attention economy: a form of currency > Average person exposed to 147 newspapers full of info everyday. Different modes of brain processing: visual, auditory, read/write, kinesthetic. Acc to the Visual Teaching Alliance: approx 65% of population are visual learners. People can process visual info 60K faster than text.

5 Why Infographics? Make sense of a vast amount of information
Organize and group Analyze and interpret Understand complex relationships Tell a story Smiciklas, M. (2012). The power of infographics: Using pictures to communicate and connect with your audiences. Indianapolis: QUE. Along with Why goes How: choose what to measure, choose how to present findings, keep it simple in terms of scope/highlight major significant patterns.

6 Types of Data Numbers/Stats Demographics Processes Chronology/Timeline
Geography

7 Infographics and IL Created within the context of a research project
Students generated infographics based on data gathered for a technology-related research paper Embedded the infographics in ebooks ACRL Framework: Information Creation as a Process

8 Activities

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