Ever heard of the “affect heuristic”? Short version: How we feel is how we think. Positive feelings lead to higher motivation and willingness to try new things. I’ve never been a doodler but I sketch ...

Education doesn’t stop at the classroom door for students at the School of Visual Arts. This Fall semester at SVA, students in BFA Animation, BFA Computer Art, and MFA Computer Arts have found ...

The transfer of knowledge is an educator’s principal concern–one that has led them, along with researchers, to ask: “What’s the best way to help transfer that knowledge and help students learn?” ...

Learning has always been about ideas but how those ideas are presented can make all the difference. In classrooms, lecture halls, and online courses, visual clarity often determines whether ...

Visual Literacy proponent Lynell Burmark explains why the use of images is so important in the classroom and how it can help teachers meet the challenges of getting through the curriculum and engaging ...

Dan Tynan is a freelance writer based in San Francisco. He has won numerous journalism awards and his work has appeared in more than 70 publications, several of them not yet dead. A frog appears to ...