Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

Ruth Colvin Clark and Chopeta Lyons in their book “Graphics for Learning” look at a taxonomy of graphical elements by Carney and Levin that will help us plan visuals for eLearning courses based on their communication function. According to Clark and Lyons, the seven key communication functions of visuals are decorative, representational, mnemonic, organizational, relational, transformational and interpretive. Let’s have a look at each in detail..

Do you ever find yourself spending valuable time searching through the web to find the images, vectors, or graphics that are appropriate for your eLearning course? And do you get frustrated when you can not come up with a satisfying result? If the answer to such questions is "yes", then you should probably start creating your own graphics collection for your eLearning. Here are the reasons why you should and how you can do it.

DesignEvo, from PearlMountain, is a free online logo maker. PearlMountain has been designing software for over a decade and is working to make professional photo editing and graphic design tools accessible to everyone.