We chose to promote this event in particular because it might be beneficial to those preparing a poster for the GUDTP Annual Conference.
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Summary
This session will support participants to better understand how to design and create academic posters. You will identify and apply design fundamentals to poster design, select appropriate content for an academic poster, develop confidence to organise visual and textual content in a copyright-informed way, and become acquainted with software available to complete your design.
Posters are used for a range of academic purposes: on a general level, to disseminate your work in a succinct and visual way; at conferences – to find like-minded researchers for potential collaboration; in your department – to explain and showcase projects to visitors and other contacts. Benefits include developing academic, research, digital and visual literacies, facilitating cooperations and supporting employability skills.
Key Learning Outcomes
What students are expected to be able to do or understand after the session?
- Learn how to communicate ideas and concepts clearly to a range of audiences
- Learn how to combine image and text into an effective and confident design
- Understand how to select appropriate features for inclusion in an effective design
Tutors
Dr Joanna Bagniewska is a zoologist and a science communicator. As a departmental lecturer at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education, she splits her time between directing the Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques and teaching at the Graduate School. In her spare time, she is a freelance popular science writer, presenter and communications coach.
Sarah Frodsham is a Co-Director of the Graduate School and Chair of the Ethics Committee in the Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford.
Essential readings
- Hubenthal, M; O’Brien, T. & Taber, J. (2011) Posters that foster cognition in the classroom: multimedia theory applied to educational posters, Educational Media International, 48:3, 193-207, DOI: 10.1080/09523987.2011.607322
- Rowe, N (2017) Academic & Scientific Poster Presentation: A Modern Comprehensive Guide, Springger Link
Further readings
Take a look at this video by Dr Mike Morrison.
