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

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

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 this free May 6 EDUCAUSE Live! web seminar, Digital Visual Literacy: Interdisciplinary Skills for the 21st-Century Learner, presenters John Gibson, Glendale Community College, Oris Friesen, Mesa Community College, and Florence Martin, University of North Carolina–Wilmington, 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.

Those unable to attend may wish to visit the archives after the event or browse related EDUCAUSE resources on Visual Literacy in Higher Education, Prisms Around Student Learning: Information Literacy, IT Fluency, and Media Literacy, Net Generation Learner, Information Literacy and Fluency.

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		Tune In May 6: Free Web Seminar on Digital Visual Literacy Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on April 29, 2008 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 this free May 6 EDUCAUSE Live! web seminar, Digital Visual Literacy: Interdisciplinary Skills for the 21st-Century Learner, presenters John Gibson, Glendale Community College, Oris Friesen, Mesa Community College, and Florence Martin, University of North Carolina–Wilmington, 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. Those unable to attend may wish to visit the archives after the event or browse related EDUCAUSE resources on Visual Literacy in Higher Education, Prisms Around Student Learning: Information Literacy, IT Fluency, and Media Literacy, Net Generation Learner, Information Literacy and Fluency. EDUCAUSE News \| advancements in technology \| digital literacy \| digital resources \| dvl \| EDUCAUSE Live! \| free web seminar \| Learning \| Teaching and Learning \| visual communications \| visual images \| Visual Literacy \| visual representations Peggy's blog Login or register to post comments 601 reads
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