The 21st Century Research Paper

Infographs. I've put dozens on this blog. They're interesting and engaging. They easily communicate complex information in a manner that is easy to digest. I think you'd be hardpressed to find an English teacher (me included) that would apply the former two sentences to any research paper they've ever written, assigned, or had to read. Okay, I'll argue that the multi-genre research paper is the exception.

But there's a reason most English teachers I know (me included) aren't exactly chomping at the bit to grade the research papers they assign.

But the infograph? What would happen if we assigned infographs as supplements to the research paper?

For whatever reason, the size of the infograph is crummy. Here is a link to a much larger picture of the above infograph.