Visuals Matter: Focus on Diversity in Designing Online Course Artifacts

• In Event: CLT- Innovate! Cultural Perspectives of Online Instructional Design (v)

Short Description

This presentation will explore how course designer used visuals, such as imagery and colors to improve course design by implementing a culturally sensitive pedagogical framework in a higher education context for culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Presenters will share how course designers reduced text-heavy content pages with visual thinking and how they modified course layout with considerations of color psychology, culturally respectful images and photos to construct scenarios and personas to build inclusive experiences.

Authors

• Presenter: Keya Mukherjee, Saint Leo University

• Presenter: Jennifer Gianico, Saint Leo University

• Contributor: Laquita Liles, Saint Leo University