The Ohio State University Annual Meeting 2007 Learning with Images: Aligning IT Decisions with Visual Literacy Practices Susan E. Metros David J. Staley Diane M. Dagefoerde The Ohio State University
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The Ohio State University Annual Meeting 2007
Learning with Images: Aligning IT Decisions with Visual Literacy Practices
Susan E. Metros
David J. Staley
Diane M. Dagefoerde
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University Annual Meeting 2007
Goals:Goals:
Frame IT's role in supporting visual literacy practices Define visual literacy Understand where visual literacy practices fit
into the HE curriculum Share best practice models for integrating
visual literacy into the curriculum
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Literacy…Literacy…
…the condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
A literate human being possesses core A literate human being possesses core communicative and quantitative skills-- communicative and quantitative skills-- reading/writing and speaking/listeningreading/writing and speaking/listening
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21st Century Literacies21st Century Literacies
Scientific
EcologicalPolitical
EconomicCultural
Language
Media
Information
Visual
Technological
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Visual LiteracyVisual Literacy
“If people aren’t taught the language of sound and images, shouldn’t they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read or write?”
(Lucas, 2004)
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Visual OverloadVisual Overload
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Visual DependencyVisual Dependency
“Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.”
(McLuhan, 1971)
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The New OrderThe New Order
Visual Overload
+
Visual Dependency
=Visually stimulated, visual learners
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Ohio State’s Revised GEC Ohio State’s Revised GEC
“WOVE” Written, Oral, and Visual Expression Requirement
Three primary learning objectives:1. Apply basic skills in expository writing
2. Demonstrate critical thinking through written, oral or visual expression
3. Retrieve and use written, oral and visual information analytically and effectively
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““WOVE” IssuesWOVE” Issues
Emphasized writing Stressed decoding, slighted encoding Boiled down to teach ‘em
Excel and PowerPoint
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Visual Literacy Panel’s Visual Literacy Panel’s RecommendationsRecommendations Visual literacy skills should be integrated
throughout the UG curriculum Any academic unit can offer a visual
literacy component to a course Courses with a component in visual
literacy develop visual intelligence…
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Visual areas of the brainhttp://www.grp.hwz.uni-muenchen.de/pages_english/arbeitsgruppen/vision
Visual Intelligence…Visual Intelligence…
Decipher, analyze, interpret and share visual materials
Communicate ideas visually and create and compose visual materials
Be an informed critic and consumer of visual information-- judge accuracy, validity, and worth
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Historians’ Mindset Toward Visual Historians’ Mindset Toward Visual Literacy:Literacy:
Historians are “word people”
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Historians’ Mindset Toward Visual Historians’ Mindset Toward Visual Literacy:Literacy:
The visual is for school kids, history buffs and museum goers
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few historians work in photographic archives
few historical journals carry illustrations when they do use images, historians tend
to treat them as mere illustrations when images are discussed texts, often
used to illustrate conclusions that the author has already reached with words
Peter Burke, Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence (Cornell University Press, 2001),10
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David Green, “Using Digital Images in Teaching and Learning”
82% of History department faculty make frequent use of visual images in their classes
The Status of Visual Literacy in the The Status of Visual Literacy in the OSU History DepartmentOSU History Department
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The Status of Visual Literacy in the The Status of Visual Literacy in the OSU History DepartmentOSU History Department
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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How images are employed by professors and graduate students:
As illustrations, to provide a mood or setting in ways that words cannot always communicate
As evidence to be analyzed
The Status of Visual Literacy in the The Status of Visual Literacy in the OSU History DepartmentOSU History Department
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Student visual literacy:
Students are asked to analyze images (decode)
Students are not asked to produce their own images (not encode)
The Status of Visual Literacy in the The Status of Visual Literacy in the OSU History DepartmentOSU History Department
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How images are presentedHow images are presented
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80%
power
point
trans
pare
ncies
CMS
webpag
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pape
r han
dout
s
slide p
rojec
tor
VCR/DVD
opaq
ue pr
ojecto
r
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Goldberg Instructional Center Goldberg Multimedia Archive eHistory.osu.edu
Support Services from the Goldberg Support Services from the Goldberg Program Program
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Sources of Images Sources of Images
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20%
40%
60%
80%
personalcollection
Google scanned databases GoldbergMultimedia
Archive
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Concerns:
Faculty have scant concern for metadata/provenance of images
Support Services from the Goldberg Support Services from the Goldberg Program Program
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Need for “translation” between “technology terms” and “history terms”
SolutionsSolutions
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Aligning IT Decisions with Aligning IT Decisions with Visual Literacy PracticesVisual Literacy Practices
Faculty asked to integrate visual literacy skills
Faculty tend to use their own stuff, then look on Google, then look elsewhere
How do we make this work????
Our attempt: Media Manager
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IT Support of Visual Literacy IT Support of Visual Literacy Practices Practices Support “mashup” process by investing in…
storage bridge people self-serve flexible tools
Ideas to keep in mind: Enable collection sharing Support collection flow Valuable collections will grow -- bridge people can
help
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IT Support of Visual Literacy IT Support of Visual Literacy PracticesPractices
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
personalcollection
Google scanned databases GoldbergMultimedia
Archive
Institutions tend to invest in digital libraries or archives.
Faculty building “visual literacy” courses tend to work here.
Many institutional archives begin as a faculty member’s personal collections.
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IT Support of Visual Literacy IT Support of Visual Literacy PracticesPractices
Library or ArchiveCollections
Individual Collections
The Long Tail of Collections
Tools
Storage
Bridge People
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IT Support of Visual Literacy IT Support of Visual Literacy CurriculaCurricula
TOFA in Media
Manager
TOFA Site
•Proven relevance/performance (people want it)•A passionate caretaker who wants to look after it•Good metadata & rights info•Exposure to a cross-collection search engine•Increased Storage•Tools to facilitate its flow
For a collection to grow and become a “greatest hit” you need:
TOFA in Access
Database
Export to CSV
Share
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IT Support of Visual Literacy IT Support of Visual Literacy PracticesPractices
Treasury of Fine Art moving up the tail
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IT Support of Visual Literacy IT Support of Visual Literacy CurriculaCurricula Next Steps:
Storage broker idea Release v. 2 Make available beyond Arts & Sciences Expand upon the tools Explore how collections move down the tail
Key challenge: To maintain high-quality support and system performance while we expand the user base, the infrastructure and the collection of tools.
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Q & AQ & A
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Copyright Diane Dagefoerde, Susan E. Metros, David J.Staley, 2007. This work is the intellectual property of the authors. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the authors. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the authors.
Contact InformationContact Information
Susan E. Metros [email protected] Interim CIO and Professor, Department of Design
David J. Staley [email protected] Executive Director, American Association for History and Computing Director, The Harvey Goldberg Program
for Excellence in Teaching Adjunct Associate Professor,
Department of History
Diane Dagefoerde [email protected] Director of Technology, Colleges of the Arts and Sciences,
Technology Services Office
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