Academic Slide Design: Visual Communication for Teaching and Learning

This book is for you, the busy teacher or instructional designer. You already know that too much text on a slide is counterproductive to teaching and learning. But what to put there instead? Academic Slide Design offers a new vision and a new method for building more effective slides, starting with the lecture itself.

Inside you’ll find practical advice on white space, graphics, colors, fonts, composition, and more. Liberally illustrated with before and after examples, and enhanced with exercises you can work through on your own, this book is your companion for learning (or re-learning) visual techniques that will help students understand and remember content delivered during live lectures. Based on research in multimedia learning, universal design, visual perception, and graphic design, this book is not just about slides, it’s about effective visual communication for teaching and learning in the twenty-first century.

ANN FANDREY, M.Ed., is an academic technologist at the University of Minnesota. Her areas of expertise include graphic and information design, course website usability, multimedia learning, accessible digital communication, visual communication and digital and visual literacies. She is an active speaker and a consultant to schools, nonprofits, companies, and individuals.