We have recently been exploring how cognitive science and learning theory underpins effective digital learning tools such as video-based learning. Today I wanted to explore infographics, why they work, and how best to construct them so that they are not only sexy communication devices, but actually achieve what you need them to. Infographics are a bit of a craze at the moment (to be precise they've been trending since 2009), and many great online resources have emerged to help teachers construct infographics with the view to condensing a lot of information into an easy to use, and visually interesting one-pager. Some of the best resources online to use when creating your infographic include: Venngage, Canva, Infogr.am, I won't extrapolate on what each system offers as they all pretty much offer the same thing: infographic and chart templates, alongside a range of off-the-shelf icons, images and fonts.