Infographics
An Introduction to Copy Right, CC, Fair Use, and Public Domain
This artifact was created during CSE 624 as a way to give readers an introduction to key concepts within the licensing world. By applying the basic principles of design and the principles of andragogy and effective teaching methods, this resource for designers was created. The resource highlights the importance of copyrighting, creative commons, fair use, and public domain and gives different real life scenarios where these ideas have relevance and tangible connections to the eyes of readers. These scenarios base in reality helps to encourage readers to form connections that directly apply to their own background and experiences.
A Brief Introduction to Open Education
This artifact was created during CSE 624 to prioritize, organize, and share key points of vital information in regards to Open Educational Resources. This educational slideshow is meant to give audience members an overview of what Open Educational Resources are, how they can benefit educational workspaces, what factors to consider when utilizing OERS, and different types and examples of OERS. Information within the presentation helps to scaffold readers in their own personal investigations of OERS.
LGBTQ2SA+ Pronouns Poster
This artifact was created as a resource to further educate students who are engaging in a queer + curriculum made by fellow members in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department. The resource itself was created after properly educating myself in the different aspects of identity and sexuality and is aimed to support allies in understanding the different pronouns that can be used for gender identity by utilizing direct language and clarity on the subject where readers are able to fully understand. Seeing as pronouns may seem intimidating or confusiong, this artifact was created to help readers gain clarity and understanding where the importance of understanding how to ask for pronouns and using the right pronouns is thoroughly communicated to readers.
Graphic Design
Bend Food Passport
After applying different pedagological approaches such as Gestalt Theories and other methodologies based in instructional design, this Food Passport was made to showcase the different restaurants within Bend, Oregon within their distinct neighborhoods to guide readers to the best eateries within the town. Careful thought was put into selecting color palette, images, and text so that the artifact is readable, informational, and engaging.
Flick's Bug Off Poster
Utilizing instructional design frameworks such as ADDIE as a workflow base to apply other pedagogical approaches and intertwine knowledge gained within CSE 626, such as Gestalt Theory and other basic principles of design, this flyer was created. The goal of this particular artifact was to target audience members within the Nintendo community that play Animal Crossing: New Horizons and inform them of the latest upcoming in-game event. After analyzing the different ways in which Nintendo had announced the event to the gamer community, this flyer was designed and developed to further inform the gamer community. Design decisions made for the poster focused on the reduction of cognitive overload while also being detailed and informative, as well as engaging.
Investigating and Implementing Open Source Tools: An Anime Cook Book Project
During CSE 617, a plethora of open source tools were explored in depth and evaluated to encourage class members to gain more insight on the variety of open access freeware and software that has accessibility to source code. To demonstrate the different capabilities of three specific open source tools, Inkscape, GIMP, and Stencil, these anime inspired cook book pages were created. These artifacts are able to showcase the capabilities of open source tools- encouraging readers to consider their own uses of open source tools and promote further investigation of different open source software that is applicable to their own industry and personal projects.