NWeLearn 2024

Why should visual design matter to me if I'm not a graphic designer? Because while everyone can recognize bad design, not everyone can articulate why. In this session, gain insight into design language and principles to comprehend how and why effective graphics improve learning engagement, comprehension, and crucially, retention of key concepts. In just six minutes, witness six vital visual design principles in action through before and after examples: hierarchy, contrast, proximity, color, white space, and repetition. And as Steve Jobs famously said, “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like, design is how it works.”

Faculty and staff have expertise to share. You have star players you'd like others to emulate. Short audio segments can be an effective way to share the expertise of your faculty and staff star players. Podcasting is an inexpensive and easily accessible format to capture and share these stories as a professional development tool. By keeping episodes short and focusing on faculty and staff experiences you can grow your professional development audience and amplify the stories you want others to know about.

PNWIDs, a loose collective of instructional designers, faculty, tech related people, is a space to openly share ideas around teaching and learning. It is a place to develop friendships and community around the work we do and the invitation extends to anyone interested in participating. You have ideas to share? You want to see what other people are doing? You want to connect. Join us on the web at pnwids.com or listen to this six-minute explanation of why you should be involved!