Infographics can Ignite Deeper Learning

Very impressive way to use the Apps for visualization (and creativity!). Thank you for the helpful examples.

The students have really made some impressive work that almost feels like it could be posters or art. This particular student was very skilled at using Procreate. Glad you liked it!

Thanks for sharing this work, Heather! I agree; it's so important in higher ed that we encourage students to remember that they are "more creative than they believe," and that creativity can support the rigorous critical thinking they're often asked to do as part of their fields of study. Really love this!!

Sometimes in higher ed, especially in in teaching the sciences and health sciences, it can be tricky to get students to see the value in taking a moment to think or create with innovation. They so often view their future jobs in healthcare to not desire a ‘creative mindset’. However, being a licensed provider myself I can give them real world examples on how a little infographic like this can help even with patient education. Thanks for the feedback!

These are beautiful artifacts and powerful illustrations of the effect of creativity on teaching and learning. I am frequently amazed at the sketch notes my students share.

I teach music, so many of my students are of the creative nature. However, with non-music major courses such as Music Appreciation and World Music, my students used to be more reserved. However, I have noticed an increased level of creativity and willingness to step outside of their comfort zone in their work and with in-class assignments since we have become a 1-to-1 iPad institution. Perhaps the creative nature permitted by our tools is making its way into the personalities of our students? I need to find a way to measure this.

Congratulations on finding a way to reach your students, to provide a solution to their perceived issues, and for their amazing creative artifacts that would never have been realized without your encouragement!

Donald, I do think there is a cultural component for a 1:1 that I have noticed. We deployed devices in fall 2020, so at first I think it took a little bit for that culture to be reset as we are a smaller college. Now though that we are a little ways into the initiative and more faculty are actively creating or utilizing new pedagogy or modifying existing classroom assessments using the iPad there has been a shift in mindset. It would seem the past semester or two more of our college students are willing to embracing doing things outside of just note taking with the devices.