DIGITAL LIBRARY
SUPPORT TOOLS FOR VISUAL CREATION DURING ACADEMIC STUDIES
University of Szczecin (POLAND)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN20 Proceedings
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 5825-5831
ISBN: 978-84-09-17979-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2020.1520
Conference name: 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 6-7 July, 2020
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
Practically every information presented in a visual way improves the understanding of the presented subject, reaching the recipients in a more powerful, captivating way and improving the memorization. Students in all areas, throughout the learning process and beyond, face difficult challenges in today's saturated world, making the presentation skill even more critical to go beyond and beyond, stand out, whether in the form of self-presentation or there are diverse projects, personal achievements or research results.

Insufficient knowledge in the field of art, composition and aesthetics, creates significant gaps in the composition of harmonious and consistent visual, infographics and presentation materials. New technologies and applications such as Canva, Padlet and Piktochart can and should be used to reduce these gaps. Using such tools has enormous potential when it comes to helping to understand the basics of graphic design.

The aim of the article is to discuss the importance of visual presentation in the modern world of information and to present possible application areas of the discussed applications (Canva, Padlet and Piktochart), in particular as part of a case study for subjects related to economics and management during academic studies. These are very important skills in active teaching in the 21st century, where technological innovation has a huge impact on education.
Keywords:
Innovation, technology, visual creation, academic studies, active teaching, education.