Visual Content

Staff training on visual content methods is used to increase the attractiveness of materials and to increase the attention of students and their understanding of presented issues.

Within the Erasmus+ funded project "e-Close – A model for Interactive (A)Synchronous Learning in Online STEM Education" further education in the field of (online) teaching is offered for teachers. Four universities work together on the project (TU Lodz in Poland, the University of Alcala in Spain, and the University of Aveiro in Portugal) and the workshop takes place at one partner institution.

It will be a five-day workshop (each day 3-5 hours) taking place in October in Alcala (Spain) and the business trip will be funded via the project.

More information about the project can be found on www.eclose.eu

Goals

The main goal of the training is to familiarize participant teachers with a set of concepts, methodologies and tools to leverage visual content in their daily classes. Moreover, the training will empower teachers to apply different tools and methodologies in relation with visual content, which will facilitate effective learning in higher education. At the same time, the use of these tools will help students in their learning, making it more effective, and also increasing engagement.

Learning Outcomes

To implement educational sessions bolstered by visual content
To explain and assess differences among concepts like arts and audiovisual content, visual thinking, sketchnoting, infography and multimedia creation.
To reflect on the power of body language and its effect on students’ motivation
To experiment with 3D material to acknowledge its benefits for students’ learning.
To articulate, adapt and program current course session to incorporate visual content in them.