This case study discusses the use of participatory visual methods with two groups of young women (coresearcher participants) in two distinct (Muslim and Christian) communities in rural northern Nigeria. These workshops addressed the challenges the young women faced in combining education with the multiple forms of work demanded of them in their…

This case study reflects on the use of photographic interviews as a research method to involve children, aged between 4 and 11 years, in an ethnographic research project that took place in an English primary school. There has been growing interest in the use of visual methods in ethnographic research in recent years. Photographs can provide…

Today's educators stand at the crossroads of globalization and technology. The world is rapidly shrinking. The workplace is being transformed before our very eyes. Technology is forever changing the way we perceive reality and the way we do business. Educators are required to equip students for a workplace that has yet to emerge. The skill sets of…

This report focuses on the visual component of verbo-visual literacy, a communications concept involving the production, transmission, and perception of verbal and visual images. Five current problem areas in verbal-visual research are introduced and discussed: (1) communication (communication models, media consumption, new media, the information…

This report reflects research and development on visualization and the use of multimedia carried out at the Department of Applied Education, Division of Instrumental Science and Technology of the University of Twente (Netherlands) and the Andersen Consulting Educational Computing Consortium, also at the University of Twente. The report contains 11…