Designing Texts : Teaching Visual Communication : Teaching Visual Communication

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brumberger, Eva.

Contributor:

Northcut, Kathryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Visual communication--Study and teaching (Higher).

Local Subjects:

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Visual communication--Study and teaching (Higher).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amityville : Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 2013.

Summary:

'Designing Texts' is an edited collection dedicated to teaching visual communication in non-visual disciplines, with a particular focus on the fields of technical and professional communication, rhetoric, and composition.

Contents:

""Designing Texts: Teaching Visual Communication""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction: Meeting the Challenge of Teaching Visual Communication""; ""PART 1 Visual Thinking and Problem Solving""; ""CHAPTER 1 How to Read Landscapes: A Method for Integrating Visual Communication in the Technical Communication Classroom""; ""CHAPTER 2 Design as Problem Solving""; ""CHAPTER 3 Designing a Visual Argument Course in an Era of Accelerating Technological Change""; ""CHAPTER 4 Teaching Form and Color as Emotion Triggers""

""PART 2 Contexts for Teaching and Learning""""CHAPTER 5 Teaching Visual Communication Through Community-Based Projects""; ""CHAPTER 6 Teaching Visual Communication Online: Methods for a Changing Classroom""; ""CHAPTER 7 Integrating Visual and Verbal: A Framework for Teaching and Assessment""; ""PART 3 Evaluation and Assessment""; ""CHAPTER 8 Evaluating Visual Communication""; ""CHAPTER 9 A Practical Guide to Classroom Assessment in Visual Communication Design""; ""CHAPTER 10 Evaluating and Assessing Designed Documents: Assignments, Projects, Portfolios, and More""

""PART 4 Tools and Technologies""""CHAPTER 11 Balancing Act: A Guide to Analyzing Context and Developing a Technologically Appropriate Approach to Visual Communication Instruction""; ""CHAPTER 12 Teaching Students to Design Rhetorically: A Low-Tech Process Approach""; ""CHAPTER 13 Filling in the Gaps: Learning to Live With�and Teach With�Microsoft SmartArt""; ""PART 5 Concluding Thoughts""; ""CHAPTER 14 Teaching Visual Rhetoric""; ""Appendix""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-351-86813-6

0-89503-787-4