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Picturing Service-Learning: Defining the Field, Setting Expectations, Shaping Learning
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Donahue, David M.; Fenner, Derek; Mitchell, Tania D. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
This study used content analysis and audiencing to understand how service-learning is presented visually by institutions of higher education and interpreted by college students. Data included 834 photographs from the service-learning web pages of 63 four-year institutions in California. The majority showed a narrow range of direct service…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Content Analysis, Audience Analysis, Higher Education
Some Visual Literacy Initiatives in Academic Institutions: A Literature Review from 1999 to the Present
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Blummer, Barbara – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2015
The ubiquitousness of images in the digital era highlights the importance of individuals' visual communication skills in the 21st Century. We conducted a literature review of visual literacy initiatives in academic institutions to illustrate best practices for imparting these skills in students. The literature review identified five categories of…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Best Practices
Double Blending: Online Theory with On-Campus Practice in Photography Instruction
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Abrahmov, Shlomo Lee; Ronen, Miky – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2008
This paper presents a blended learning model in which the online component is not used to replace some of the traditional on-campus activities of a course but to "introduce new teaching objectives" that would not have been possible to achieve, because of class time limitations and the nature of the course. The instructional model was aimed at…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Photography, Learning Activities, Visual Literacy
Photomicrography as a Variable in Laboratory Exercises.
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Mikula, Alan R.; Lennox, John E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1979
Describes the use of student-made photomicrographs as a source of student motivation and as a means for review of laboratory exercises in an introductory microbiology course. Includes an evaluation of this teaching method. (Author/MA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures, Learning Activities
Working on Newspaper Images in School
Bethell, Andrew; Silve, Michael – Screen Education, 1977
Offers a brief student analysis of the visual elements which compose the front pages of two daily British newspapers in a single day. (MH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, News Media, Newspapers
Designing Good Slides. Revised.
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Center for Disease Control (DHEW/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1974
This guide is designed to help those who want to illustrate material in a formal presentation using 35mm double-frame slides, and it is also useful as a guide for teaching students how to work with slides. The guide provides a step-by-step procedure for each format. For instance, those who want to design a slide with copy only would go through a…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Design, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
A Potpourri of Practical Ideas.
Creighton, James L., Ed. – FOCUS: Teaching English Language Arts, 1987
Consisting of material designed for practical application in the English classroom and representing all educational levels, this collection of articles contains a selection of the best presentations given at the fall 1986 meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Council of Teachers of English. Following an introduction by guest editor James L. Creighton,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Career Planning, Community Problems, Creative Writing