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EDUCAUSE Live! May 6, 2008 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour Digital Visual Literacy: Interdisciplinary Skills for the 21st-Century LearnerSpecial Guests
John Gibson has taught for the Maricopa Community Colleges since 2000. Prior to working at Glendale Community College, he was a consultant in information technology at Arizona State University West, where he worked with faculty to integrate technology into their teaching and learning endeavors. He has also managed IT services for the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) College of Business, Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the fall 1995 world voyage of Semester at Sea. Earlier in his career, Gibson was a database programmer/analyst for the USDA and taught a variety of computer and information science courses as a faculty member at UNC. His professional areas of interest include the use of technology in teaching and learning, diverse learning preferences, distributed learning environments, and workforce skills for the global knowledge economy. He received his master’s in business and computer information systems from Colorado State University and his bachelor’s in education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Gibson is a co-principal investigator on the Digital Visual Literacy project.
Oris Friesen is an independent IT consultant and adjunct faculty member at Mesa Community College (MCC). As an engineer, scientist, and fellow in industry for more than 30 years with General Electric, Honeywell, and Groupe Bull, he has been instrumental in leading groundbreaking developments in database management technologies. He has served as a research professor at Arizona State University and chairs several industry advisory boards at MCC. Friesen has been instrumental in leading the effort to develop a new curriculum at MCC dealing with network security, information assurance, cyberforensics, and bioinformatics. He is currently focusing on projects dealing with curriculum development, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and bioinformatics. Friesen is a co-principal investigator on the Digital Visual Literacy project.
Florence Martin has worked with Cisco Learning Institute, Arizona State University, Intel Corporation, Maricopa Community College District, and University of Phoenix and has expertise in instructional design, performance technology, corporate training, and distance learning. Martin is interested in the research areas of multimedia design and development, process and performance improvement, and learning technologies. She received a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from Bharathiar University (India) and a master’s and doctorate in educational technology from Arizona State University. Martin is a co-principal investigator on the Digital Visual Literacy project. SummaryYour host, Steve Worona, will be joined by John Gibson, Oris Friesen, and Florence Martin, and the topic will be "Digital Visual Literacy: Interdisciplinary Skills for the 21st-Century Learner." 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. This session will discuss this exciting new literacy, showcase the free materials developed under a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education grant, and share recent feedback from instructors who have integrated these pioneering instructional modules into their courses. The discussion will benefit faculty, staff, and administrators infusing their curriculum with fresh IT skills. Related EDUCAUSE Resources
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