1. EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS (PROJECTS) EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS (PROJECTS) TUESDAY 7TH OF APRIL

2. POSTER In academic world one of the usual ways of presenting projects, reseach results etc. Summarizes the most important facts about your project in (visually and verbally) clear form. Usually posters are read from 1,5 meters and in 11 seconds people make the decision to read it through (based on the visual appearence) More information about academic posters in http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign

3. POSTER INCLUDES Title (interesting, explanatory, not too long) Names of the writers, studies and the organization Introduction  Basic information, backgroung and main goals of the project (the theoretical framework can have it’s own paragraph) Implementation  The main phases and actions of the project (tables and graphics can make it more clear) Results  1-3 main results of the project (tables or graphics?) Discussion/Conclusion  The results compared to the background, goals and implementation  Meaning of the project, sustainability and ideas for future development References Contact information and logos

4. WHEN DESIGNING A POSTER Pay attention to: Content Content  You can’t include everything so you really need to know, what’s important  Titles should be interesting and informative Style Style  Should fit the content, client’s image and your own taste of style  Colourful is good, but too much is too much  The fonts (readability and style) Different elements Different elements  Make sure that pictures are clear and usable  Usually people notice tables and figures before body text  You can highlight or clarify contents with bullets, text boxes, lines, boldings, italics…

5. POSTER IN PROJECTS COURSE Presented shortly to your client and to other students on 5th of May Are done in English Size: A0 (841 x 1 189 mm) Includes the logos of LET, UO and the client Final versions should be sent in PDF-form to Essi by Friday 24th of April. If you want some comments about your poster from your instructor before that, send your working version by Monday 20th.