What is it about?
The increasing visual communication in contemporary culture requires a new kind of visual literacy in University students. This need is further compounded by the increasing loss of institutional art and design slide collections.
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Why is it important?
Students, particularly those in Art & Design, need to learn through their image research. Online sources such as 'Google Images' offer many search results, but they are not focussed through an educational filter. With the recent decommissioning of Art & Design Slide collections/libraries there is no adequate digital replacement. Instead, with specialist help, students need to be helped to become the curators of their own learning, through use of quality sources of both physical and digital visual learning.
Perspectives
I used to run an Art & Design slide collection. I now teach visual culture within Art & Design. I have seen the transistion from the dedicated teaching and learning resource to the unfocussed general online image search. While this has been happening I have been teaching students how to make the most of their visual research by encouraging use of quality resources (image databases created for Higher Education, online sources from respected museums and galleries, trusted emerging online sites, as well as continued use of library resources in conjunction with gallery/museum visits.
Mr peter wright
Nottingham Trent University
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This page is a summary of: Seeing is believing. Or is it?: visual literacy in art & design education, Art Libraries Journal, January 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/alj.2015.6.
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