Abstract

Verbal and visual instructions utilize distinct logic to facilitate students' concept comprehension and knowledge acquisition. Verbal instruction communicates ideas and concepts linearly, while visual instruction expresses them through spatial relationships and patterns. One method tells, the other shows. The visual approach to arriving at an understanding through integrating and interpreting relationships aligns with learner-centered pedagogy. This article examined how visual thinking helps students construct their knowledge, provided approaches and ideas instructors can use when designing learner-centered instructional materials, and demonstrated how the use of visual language fosters deeper thinking, conveys complex concepts, enhances students' abilities to think in multiple dimensions, reduces cognitive load, and creates better learning experiences.

Citation

McKeown, C. (2023). Instructional Visual Communication: Visual Thinking Aligns with Learner-Centered Pedagogy. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 887-896). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved September 1, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222590/.

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