Why Go to the Office? “Work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn…
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You Might be a Visual Learner If ? There are many quizzes and short tests you can take for free online that will tell you…
Why So Many Details, Details, Details? All these details may seem like a lot to begin with, but it is just like anything else: practice…
It’s All About Relationships Good visuals for learning must support an awareness of the relationship between your use of the visuals and the content. You…
How Do Relationships and Imagination Work? Relationships are created when two elements are placed on the same screen. As Albert Einstein stated in the law…
How to Create a Custom Color Scheme? Edward Tufte (1990), a pioneer in visual statistical learning, says that too many colors produce negative effects. He…
What Does Context Have to Do With Learning? The circumstances that situate an event or thought in reality are its context. Context is important to…
Proximity: Why We Associate Proximity is the fourth element of good design. Proximity is relationship, agreement, balance, scale and harmony. It is relating like to…
When considering cognitive load, why is visual design for learning so important? It is because too much of a good thing is too much. Visual…
What is So Different About Working Virtually? Even though the majority of workers today still work in a traditional office, more people find themselves workshifting….
How Did We Get to the Virtual Office, Classroom, Meeting, World? How did we get here? It all happened very fast, and there are no…
What Is a Knowledge Worker? The term “knowledge worker” originally meant one who works primarily with information or who develops or uses knowledge in the…
You’re Talking Are They Listening? Probably not. Most of us are too busy in our own minds to pay attention for long. Which is why…
Three Principles for Determining Your Visual Objectives Principle 1: Know Your Learner What is the history of this content with your learners? What are their…
What Are Learning Styles? Most of us are predominantly visual learners. The term visual learner comes from NLP or Neural Linguistic Programming and the VAK…