TY - JOUR AU - Meirelles, Isabel AU - Sun, Xiaohua PY - 2013/09/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Teaching information visualization by exploring their power in engaging users of social media applications JF - InfoDesign - Revista Brasileira de Design da Informação JA - InfoDesign VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - Artigos DO - 10.51358/id.v10i1.164 UR - https://infodesign.org.br/infodesign/article/view/164 SP - 38-54 AB - The paper describes a novel way of introducing methods and approaches of visualizing data to undergraduate students that was conducted during a seven-week module course at the College of Design & Innovation at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. It starts with a brief introduction to the rational and methodology used, followed by an examination of the four pedagogical phases that structured the course, including sample of student work. A discussion provides a critical view of the pros and cons of this pedagogical approach with directions for future curriculum. ER -