MILT: Visual Information and Media

Visual Information

materials, programs, applications and the like that teachers and students use to formulate new information to aid learning using analysis, evaluation and production of visual images

Purpose of Visual information and Media

Gain attention, create meaning, and facilitate retention

Line

The edge of a shape or form or direction followed by anything in motion

Shape

Encloses a two-dimensional area. Geographic or organic.

Value

Shadows/shades from lightness to darkness

Texture

The surface quality of an object that we sense through touch

Color

The light reflected from surface.

Space

The area between and around objects

Form

The object itself

Unity

harmony & consistency

Gestalt

organized patters or wholes

Hierarchy

guide the viewer’s eye to the most important elements

Balance

visual weight (symmetrical or asymmetrical)

Contrast

difference; stand out

Scale/Proportion

size relationships between elements

Dominance/Emphasis

highlight most important elements