Group items tagged

"Wikipedia's complete (as of 2016) list of cognitive biases, arranged and designed by John Manoogian III (jm3). Categories and descriptions originally by Buster Benson."

"Data, information, knowledge: we distil it into beautiful, useful graphics & diagrams."

information is definitely important

Explore the database, then "Design your own infographics with free JPL images and data! Click "Create" to get started, then share your creations."

"Make Infographics That People Love Tell your stories and present your data with infographics. "

Good organisation is the key to good study. Developing a study plan that is formatted and structured to meet your study needs will assist your learning and you will also be more likely to be relaxed and feel more prepared for exams The guide is this post is from Study Medicine Europe and gives a useful guide to apps that may enhance studying efforts. Some are free and some are paid versions and they are split up according to different goals.

"How far would you have to travel to reach the Earth's core? And what would you see along the way? Discover what lies beneath..."

"Google started as a search engine, but now it's one of the biggest collectors of data in the world. Whether it's your personal details, shopping habits, or even where you travel, Google has a lot of ways of keeping track of it. This infographic scratches the surface of Google's data collection systems."

"The Conversation Prism is a visual map of the social media landscape. It's an ongoing study in digital ethnography that tracks dominant and promising social networks and organizes them by how they're used in everyday life."

Helpful infographic to help writers choose suitable colours to inject variety into their descriptive writing.

"Online learning can take many different forms. It is interesting to look at some of the trends and challenges that moving from an in-person to a virtual environment can pose. The infographic in the post (developed by Education Dive), takes a gander at some of the trends in online learning (and a few fun statistics) and some of the challenges that online learning poses."

".. the handy infographic below takes a look at 4 ways technology is changing how people learn"

An infographics from Online Colleges

"It is the responsibility of all educators to model good digital citizenship for their students. Especially when it comes to copyright, plagiarism and intellectual property." This post from @langwitches will help you explore these issues.

We all love infographics (well, I do. Well, decent ones anyway) which is why this one is really interesting. Instead of being a static "this is what happens in an Internet-minute" like this one and this one) you can see the number of posts, likes, tweets, pins, emails, views, downloads, clicks, saves, etc. build over the time it takes you to view the details of the infographic.

"Earlier this month, the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released new figures on the state of the Internet. They revealed that by the end of this year, there will be 3 billion Internet users, a substantial fraction of which hail from developing nations. That's not to say the number of connected people in the U.S. isn't also growing. In fact the UN says the number of online citizens in developed nations is reaching saturation. The Connectivist presents some of the ITU report's findings."

"If extra-terrestrials are monitoring our TV transmissions, this is what they're watching." Amusing graphic to illustrate the speed of light and astronomical distances.

"In 2010 I was in a panel at SXSW about how the Adobe Creative team was adapting to the way people were learning how to operate their products. The way people learned the program wasn't by taking classes or using tutorials anymore. People would now 'google' what they wanted to program to do and follow instructions from random people's forum posts - sometimes using very unorthodox methods to find a solution. Hey, I know that google search isn't just for learning skills and traits - we all have some stupid S**t we've search."

Company specializing in data visualisation discusses and illuminates some really interesting points through their blog. Great examples too.