A literate person is anyone who is able to read and write texts. It is required for communication as well as for the expression of ideas. Apart of this, there are other literacies. Specialists mention technological literacy, quantitative literacy (or numeracy), media literacy, digital literacy and Visual Literacy.
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Module 1 – What is Visual Literacy for Engineers? 9
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Video Overview of Module 1Module1.1
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ACTIVITY: Download Module 1’s Learning ObjectivesModule1.2
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Why Visual Literacy is importantModule1.3
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Case Study on Importance of Visual LiteracyModule1.4
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The role of Visual Literacy in EngineeringModule1.5
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Visual Literacy and CreativityModule1.6
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Visual Literacy in EngineeringModule1.7
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Digital technologies and Visual LiteracyModule1.8
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Test your knowledgeQuiz1.15 questions
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Module 2 – Digital Visual Tools for the effective use of images, graphics or objects for engineering tasks 5
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Video Overview of Module 2Module2.1
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ACTIVITY: Download Module 2’s Learning ObjectivesModule2.2
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Using Visuals as Resources in an Engineering ContextModule2.3
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Selecting the adequate tool for engineering tasksModule2.4
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Test your knowledgeQuiz2.14 questions
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Module 3 – Digital Visual Tools for Engineering Interpretation 7
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Video Overview of Module 3Module3.1
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ACTIVITY: Download Module 3’s Learning ObjectivesModule3.2
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Interpreting Visually in an Engineering ContextModule3.3
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Using Unity to “Interpret Forms”Module3.4
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Using Autocad to “Interpret Graphics”Module3.5
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Using Mathlab to “Interpret Data”Module3.6
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Test your knowledgeQuiz3.15 questions
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Module 4 – Digital Visual Tools for Engineering Analysis 12
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Video Overview of Module 4Module4.1
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ACTIVITY: Download Module 4’s Learning ObjectivesModule4.2
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Visualization techniques’ role in analytical processesModule4.3
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Basic visualization typesModule4.4
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Main directions of visualization techniques application in scientific analysisModule4.5
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Engineering disciplines that use various forms of visual analysisModule4.6
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New possibilities of engineering analysis in a digital worldModule4.7
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Data is everything, hence in a way everything can be visualizedModule4.8
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Visual analysis of engineering data representation in visualizations of BI systemsModule4.9
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Case Study 1Module4.10
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Case Study 2Module4.11
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Test your knowledgeQuiz4.15 questions
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Module 5 – Digital Visual Tools for Solving Engineering problems 6
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Video Overview of Module 5Module5.1
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ACTIVITY: Download Module 5’s Learning ObjectivesModule5.2
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Solving Visually in an Engineering ContextModule5.3
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Using UML Diagramming Tool to “Visualise Solutions”Module5.4
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Using Unity to “Explore”Module5.5
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Test your knowledgeQuiz5.15 questions
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Module 6 – Digital Visual Tools for Creating Engineering concepts and data 6
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Video Overview of Module 6Module6.1
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ACTIVITY: Download Module 6’s Learning ObjectivesModule6.2
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Creating Visually in an Engineering ContextModule6.3
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Using Coogle to “Envision”Module6.4
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Using Autocad LT to “Create Forms”Module6.5
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Test your knowledgeQuiz6.15 questions
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Module 7 – Digital Visual Tools for Engineering Communication 6
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Video Overview of Module 7Module7.1
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ACTIVITY: Download Module 7’s Learning ObjectivesModule7.2
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Communicating Visually in an Engineering ContextModule7.3
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Using Thinklink to “SHARE”Module7.4
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Using Draw IO to “DESCRIBE”Module7.5
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Test your knowledgeQuiz7.15 questionsFinal
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The role of Visual Literacy in Engineering
Visual Literacy can be defined as the set of skills and abilities to understand, to create, as well as to think and learn using all kinds of visual material, such as images, pictures, and graphics or 3D objects. If literacy is the interpretation and creation of texts, Visual Literacy means the set of abilities that allows the understanding of information, the ideation and communication by visual materials. Visual Literacy needs perfect communication through visual means, which implies interpretation and creation of these.
Apart of communication, Visual Literacy has to do with what we see with the mind, for processing perceived images as well as from our own visual imagery and generate new ones and then to externalize them. Visual literacy is obviously important in a society crowded with images and other type of visual information. Visual Literacy is commonly mentioned around the use of images, but it actually involves all types of Visual information, from a freehand Drawing to a mock-up.
A Visually Literate person is anyone able to interpret, to think, to learn and to express using images, pictures, graphics or physical objects. He or She is proficient in understanding a message from an image, to reason with images as well as to express ideas by using a drawing or a physical model.
