1 WEBS2002 Interdisciplinary ProjectVisual Literacy Su White

2 Think about your visual literacyThe purpose of this session is to prompt you to review your visual literacy As a result you may: Identify how you might communicate using visual methods Develop a wider understanding of the power and use of visualisations Su White

3 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Question How many different visualisation methods can you name? Think, pair, share Start you list individually Then pair and discuss Then feedback to class Su White

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5 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Visual-literacy.org Q Look though the periodic table, which methods would you like to see? Follow work in progress Use the periodic table in an interactive method to learn about the different methods Su White

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7 Classic Diagrams from Web SCIENCEImages you might know Classic Diagrams from Web SCIENCE Su White

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9 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Berners-Lee, T The Process of Designing Things in a Very Large Space TBL’s: Two magic’s

10 Web Science and additionalityNot the union of the disciplines But more than their intersection Applicable in many contexts Inference Openness of the web Dynamics of the Web Collective intelligence Security, Privacy and Trust Su White

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12 We Need A Web Science Road Map Su White

13 And remember the Map is not the territory Su White

14 The Web emergent networks of linked dataIn 2007 we see the first stirrings of a new kind of network – a network of Linked Open Data Su White Richard Cyganiak

15 The Web an emergent networks of linked dataSu White

16 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Here is one example of an instantiation of the curriculum – the result of discussions across the community This major piece of work was led by Michalis Vafapoulos Su White

17 Using other people’s diagramsIdentify the source Acknowledge in the figure title Su White

18 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Office tools How much do you know about the tools you use? DEMO? Su White

19 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Templates and objects Not all will be useful or relevant! Su White

20 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Simple (free) tools Su White

21 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Remember… Visualisations can make order and save words Visualisation can help creativity It can be good to get away from the computer You can always photograph a sketch or set of post-its Su White

22 Why and how visuals can be useful?A tool for thinking Create a table or draw a diagram You can then systematically explain the diagram in the text Use a series of diagrams to explain building ideas or evolving understandings/designs Su White

23 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Over to you What might you use? What tools? How might you use them? Su White

24 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/references Visual Literacy Mendeley Group Su White

25 Su White http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/13665/Further Browsing GapMinder: Guardian Data Store Flickr Group Information Is Beautiful Many Eyes: Visual-Literacy: Su White