visual literacy and Teaching and Learning

As international culture and commerce become increasingly reliant on visual communications, visual literacy has developed into an essential skill for 21st-century college graduates. With advancements in technology and the digitizing of information, digital literacy has also grown in importance. Digital visual literacy (DVL) is the ability to critically analyze digital visual materials, create effective visual communications, and make judgments and decisions using visual representations of thoughts and ideas. These skills, which actively engage our cognitive processing of visual images, have evolved from concepts at the intersection of a range of established disciplines.

In the attached recording, Matt and I join Carl Berger in a wide ranging and entertaining conversation that we recorded on October 19th.  This 25 minute interview address blogs, wikis, podcasting and myriad of other topics that might pique your interest.