The power of infographics in research dissemination

Infographics are becoming an essential tool in data representation and research communication. In this free course, The power of infographics in research dissemination, you will explore when and how infographics can be useful to your work. You will look at some good and bad practice in making and using infographics, and will learn how to evaluate infographics that appear to be presenting research evidence. The course concludes by introducing some free resources that can help you produce effective infographics of your own, and critically evaluate the infographics of others.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Getting noticed in an age of information overload
• 1 Getting noticed in an age of information overload
• 2 Visualising data
• 2 Visualising data
• 2.1 Introduction to data visualisation
• 3 The power of infographics
• 3 The power of infographics
• 4 Evaluating infographics
• 4 Evaluating infographics
• 4.1 Assessing the quality of infographics
• 4.2 Compiling your own infographics – evaluation checklist
• 4.3 Applying the evaluation checklist
• End-of-course quiz
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements