Essentials of Graphics for Learning
Chopeta Lyons, Consultant

Member Fee: $395
Nonmember Fee: $695

Are your e-learning visuals eye candy or do they promote learning? What does the latest evidence tell us about how and when to use visuals to represent content and to show content relationships? This workshop offers the latest evidence and guidelines for how to design and develop visuals for e-learning. Whether you are an experienced graphic designer or a visual neophyte, you will benefit from the updates to the latest evidence and methods for visuals in e-learning design.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Distinguish among decorative, representational, and explanatory visuals
• Apply evidence to determine how to use audio, text and graphics to support content
• Apply evidence to determine when to use animated or still visuals
• Employ graphic design principles to support cognitive processing of content

About the facilitator

Chopeta Lyons has created award-winning print and online learning products during twenty-six years developing training solutions.  Beginning in 1983 with the design of electronic education software, she has directed teams of designers, writers, programmers, audio talent, graphic designers and artists to create custom solutions for the training needs of numerous international and national corporations, government agencies and organizations.  She is the author of several articles on e-learning and the Graphics for Learning from Wiley/Pfieffer as well a college textbook Discover Writing  from Prentice Hall.