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Visual Literacy: An Institutional Imperative
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Metros, Susan E.; Woolsey, Kristina – EDUCAUSE Review, 2006
Academics have a long history of claiming and defending the superiority of verbal over visual for representing knowledge. By dismissing imagery as mere decoration, they have upheld the sanctity of print for academic discourse. However, in the last decade, digital technologies have broken down the barriers between words and pictures, and many of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Visual Aids, Instructional Materials