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Bayne, Sian – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
As certain areas of practice in higher education shift online, the work of learners and teachers increasingly takes place within the domain of the image. The "digital turn" we are experiencing, both in higher education and in the wider culture, accompanies an "iconic turn" in which the logic of the image as it emerges on our screens has a growing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Virtual Classrooms
Sutton, Ronald E. – 1993
This paper is a report on a decade of teaching visual literacy at the American University (Washington, D.C.). Visual literacy is defined as an awareness that comes with appropriate development of basic visual and aural competencies. The 15 reasons for studying visual literacy are perception, drawing, expression, brain awareness, design elements,…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Higher Education, Visual Environment, Visual Learning
Woods, John D.; Sewell, Edward H., Jr. – 1993
Environment may be regarded as a form of communication, with environmental linguistics becoming a new discipline that will have to be explored. Its goal is to demystify some of the constructs that contribute to the built environment as a communication tool. Treating the built environment as a language requires a recognition of its dynamic nature.…
Descriptors: Built Environment, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Environmental Influences