With the shift to online teaching I’ve been setting #OA #scicomms Infographics as projects so the whole class can share their learning out into the world!
It’s super fun and helps undergrads learn about image rights and visual plagiarism
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The manual gives general info about #scicomms goals, and how they relate to an assessable academic output
The manual includes guidance about audiences, and cultural references...
There is a whole section about authorship types...
The manual also includes lots of info about image rights and referencing - this is the part I find most of my undergrads have the least experience with... in some cases, leading to accidental plagiarism!
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The manual includes guidance on what kinds of images ARE and what kind of images ARE NOT acceptable in academic submissions...
The Manual also includes a mini Design Guide to help students plan how to organise their #scicomms content on the page, including information flow, as well as designing text and colours with care...
The Manual even includes advice about leaving enough time for editing and refining your work 😅
The Manual even includes a section on image biases...
Why image bias? The first time I ran this project, some of my students included clip art of generic “scientists” (old white men with crazy hair). The students were young Asian women.
It made me so sad they didn’t see themselves in their idea of a scientist!
Not to mention - diversifying images is a worthy goal in and of itself!
So, feeling inspired to try out a #scicomms project with your class?
The Manual includes an example Project description from my class An Ape’s Guide to Human Language @dear_apes
The whole manual is downloadable here:
doi.org/10.21979/N9/HR…
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