visual literacy and Teaching and Learning

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Tune In May 6: Free Web Seminar on Digital Visual Literacy

Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on April 29, 2008

ELive logoAs 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.

A conversation with Carl Berger

Created by Vidya Ananthanarayanan (Trinity University) on October 19, 2005
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. 

Visual Literacy in Higher Education

Added by the EDUCAUSE Librarian
Title:Visual Literacy in Higher Education (ID: ELI4001)
Author(s):Ronald Bleed (Maricopa Community College District)
Origin:Contributed by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, White Papers (2005)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

Today's environment is highly visual—television, Web sites, video, and images dominate our lives—and visuals created with new technologies are changing what it means to be literate. The literacy of the 21st century will increasingly rely not only on text and words but also on digital images and sounds. This paper explores the emergence of visual literacy, which will become as important as textual literacy for learning, and the need to integrate it into the curriculum at colleges and universities.

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