Visual Literacy Education Visual Arts
Visual Literacy Education Visual Arts
"Based on the idea that visual images are a language, visual literacy can be defined as the ability to understand and produce visual messages. Work in the field has centered on development of educational programs that train students' abilities to evaluate and create visual messages, as well as improvement of students' reading and writing skills through the use of visual literacy techniques. Visual literacy as a field of research, study, and teaching becomes increasingly important with the ever-expanding proliferation of mass media in society. As more and more information and entertainment is acquired through non-print media (such as television), the ability to think critically and visually about the images presented becomes a crucial skill."
-- From the homepage of the International Visual Literacy Association (http://www.ivla.org)
Top: Arts: Visual Arts: Education: Visual Literacy
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Iconography and Iconology - The art terms iconography and iconology are defined, described and illustrated in this installment of Biddington's Pedigree and Provenance.
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Benedict Visual Literacy Collection - Sponsored by Arizona State University Libraries, this link is an educational resource intended to promote research and study in the field of visual literacy. Includes information about visual literacy manuscript, book, and media holdings in conjunction wi
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Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - A collection of short articles organized around five main areas relating to educational technology: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Many of the entries cover items relating to the visual aspects of educational technology. Th
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The Media and Communication Studies Site - Daniel Chandler's site includes information and links to online articles on visual images and film studies amongst the variety of topics.
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Reading the Image: A Visual Literacy Project - Helps teachers teach about the function of images and symbols in society. Using museums students learn about concepts, techniques and people in exhibitions of contemporary and historical artworks.
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Leonardo On-Line - A selection of articles some of which were featured in the Leonardo Journal.
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