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Hartsell, Taralynn – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
The use of concept mapping strategies has implications in teaching and learning to improve visual literacy. This study examined pre-service teacher education students' experiences and perspectives in relation to concept map creation and their use in education to promote visual literacy. The data analyzed for this study consisted of concept maps…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Visual Aids, Visual Literacy, Preservice Teacher Education
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Eutsler, Lauren – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
To reduce the lag between highly visual texts in elementary classrooms and a lack of emphasis on visual literacy in teacher preparation, this study explored preservice teachers' coding in the design of a visually-enhanced digital book. A qualitative case study shaped the research design and data collection, including ten digital book artifacts and…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary Education, Preservice Teachers
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Ensmann, Suzanne – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
Imagine producing curricula to teach a new language to an audience in a different country that has never had access to computers or the Internet. How will instructional designers and teachers communicate when worlds are so vastly different? Before reading, writing, or speaking, images and movement facilitate communication. This article describes a…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Access to Computers, Internet
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Sosa, Teri – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
This article reports the result of an action research study that explored the need for visual literacy as an additional instructional input for students creating technology integration solutions. The introduction of visual literacy concepts is useful in two ways. First, it raises visual considerations to the conscious consideration of students.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Visual Literacy
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Avgerinou, Maria D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
In this article, the author has advanced the view that the world is currently on the threshold of a new status quo--the hegemony of the image. Yet, this seems a mixed blessing, for people, and especially young people, are not equipped with the necessary critical viewing and thinking skills to survive it. Nevertheless, this unfortunate situation…
Descriptors: Definitions, Critical Viewing, Lifelong Learning, Visual Literacy