Visual Design and Accessibility

Principles of Visual Design

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According to Theodorou et al. (2022), visual impairment is the third most frequent disability. What can teachers do to help make it easier for students with mild visual impairment to engage with learning content? We can design our content in ways that follow a few basic principles of effective visual design. Some of these principles include contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity (Whybrow, 2015). These principles can help content producers design headings and lists, select font types, and integrate colors to facilitate an experience for students with special needs that is more accessible and can help students achieve desired learning outcomes.  
While applying these principles to our learning materials will not reduce a student's visual impairment, it can help them better navigate and understand what they are learning. I developed a short instructional video to help explain and model these four principles of effective visual design. Take a look a the video and let me know what you think. How are you doing with following these principles of visual design in your own work? What would you like to do better?



Thanks!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTfsbWjEENA&t=15s 

References

Theodorou, P., Tsiligkos, K., Meliones, A., & Filios, C. (2022). An Extended Usability and UX Evaluation of a Mobile Application for the Navigation of Individuals with Blindness and Visual Impairments Outdoors—An Evaluation Framework Based on Training. Sensors (14248220), 22(12), N.PAG.

Whybrow, L. (2015, May 21). Using C.R.A.P Web Design For eLearning. ELearning Industry. https://elearningindustry.com/using-crap-web-design-for-elearning

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