Where has S.P.A.R.K. been taught?

The S.P.A.R.K. online course has been used to teach strategies for the visual communication of science at such organizations as:


S.P.A.R.K. has been taught in person at Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco, Medical Campus. 100% of participants answered “yes” when asked in a survey, “Do you think you will be able to use what you learned in this course?”

Here are some of their other comments:

"This course should be required training for anyone in science, in my opinion, because the whole goal of scientific endeavors is to be able to communicate something new and these concepts often can’t be translated effectively into words. I see a gap between those who are generating data and those who are communicating these results."

“S.P.A.R.K. method → awesome.”

"As computational biologists an integral part of our work is developing and explaining complex mathematical models.  Pictures can be a great way of doing this, but can often seem quite daunting to make.  Picture as portal helps to break down this barrier by providing a step by step algorithm for turning an initial idea into a finished picture."

“Amazing course. I’ve never seen anything quite like this and was thrilled to get such great instruction on a challenging and rarely taught topic.”

“The course far exceeded my expectations because it taught me a new way to see.”

“… the best thing I learned was how powerful it is to communicate concepts by visuals.”

“This was an extremely practical, hands on class. The techniques I learned will definitely help me on the job.”

“AWESOME CLASS!”

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