The Importance of Using Visual Communication
in Classroom and Online Environments
By Jay Sternickle
Produced at Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois

This research paper examines the need to incorporate more visual information into classroom and online learning environments.  Students today are surrounded by technology that bombards them with visual information. Images flash across their televisions, computers, and smart phones every minute of every day.

Exploring the Concept of Affordances
By Jay Sternickle
Produced at Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois

This research paper examines psychologist James J. Gibson’s theory of affordances. This theory explains that humans perceive the world not only in terms of objects and spatial relationships but that humans can also perceive an object’s possibilities for action.