{"id":3335,"date":"2022-02-05T15:10:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T15:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francismiller.com\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:56:14","slug":"short-introduction-to-diagrams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francismiller.com\/short-introduction-to-diagrams\/","title":{"rendered":"A short introduction to diagrams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3538 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.francismiller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_archetypes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"387\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 635px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 635\/387;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.francismiller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagram_archetypes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"387\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a link below to the 4-page section on diagrams that I contributed to Oliver Caviglioli&#8217;s 2019 book <em>Dual Coding with Teachers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In it, I look at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what diagrams are<\/li>\n<li>how they can be used<\/li>\n<li>the different ways elements and relationships can be represented in diagrams<\/li>\n<li>some diagram archetypes<\/li>\n<li>a process for creating diagrams<\/li>\n<li>some tips for creating diagrams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.francismiller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/introduction-to-diagrams.pdf\">Download the pdf here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This brilliant overview of diagrams by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_miller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@francis_miller<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/knowledgemanagement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#knowledgemanagement<\/a> gold. Up to half my kingdom for Google slide templates with these diagrams. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Datavisualization?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Datavisualization<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5JBt1qXHlf\">https:\/\/t.co\/5JBt1qXHlf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kuuwDQP8fV\">pic.twitter.com\/kuuwDQP8fV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Weinraub (@mweinraub87) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mweinraub87\/status\/1490733240411381762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"perfect-pullquote vcard pullquote-align-full pullquote-border-placement-left\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Diagrams allow learners to understand the structure of an explanation at a glance.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 4-page contribution to Oliver Caviglioli&#8217;s book &#8216;Dual Coding with Teachers&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,36],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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