A slow approach to visual literacy in higher education : lesson plans for critical discernment / Dana Statton Thompson and Stephanie Beene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Dana Statton, author.

Beene, Stephanie (Librarian), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information literacy--Study and teaching (Higher).

Information literacy.

Visual literacy--Study and teaching (Higher).

Visual literacy.

Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum.

Academic libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, [2025]

Summary:

"This book is helpful for anyone who teaches or is interested in teaching visual literacy within a college, library, museum, gallery, or archive setting, utilizing lesson plans that serve as guideposts for assessing teaching according to guidelines, standards, and frameworks established by the Association of College Research Libraries (ACRL)"-- Provided by publisher.

"The principles of "slow librarianship"-which prioritizes reflection, collaboration, solidarity, and valuing all kinds of contributions-can also support deeper and more sustained learning and understanding. This book emphasizes the importance of attention and focus to the process of visual literacy, demonstrating how this approach supports ACRL's Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and the Framework for Visual Literacy in Higher Education. Library workers, educators, and instructors will discover dozens of flexible lesson plans for teaching visual literacy, scaffolded by competency levels: novice, intermediate, and advanced; ways to integrate slow looking into the classroom, emphasizing careful observation and the sustained act of looking; techniques for showing learners how to select images with intention, as well as carefully determine when and how to share those images; reasons why slow creating is essential to understanding and applying visual literacy in the twenty-first century; and a look at how increasing access to internet connectivity, generative artificial intelligence (AI), and new ethics for sharing and using information online will affect the future of visual literacy. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface / Dana Statton Thompson

Introduction / Stephanie Beene

Introduction to the lessons / Dana Statton Thompson and Stephanie Beene

Slow looking. Introduction / Dana Statton Thompson ; Lessons for novice learners. Introducing slow looking in the classroom ; A primer for the principles of design and the elements of art ; How textual and visual information complement each other ; Evaluating data visualizations for purpose and message ; Lessons for intermediate learners. How context contributes to our understanding of an image ; How manipulation affects our understanding of photography ; Incorporating the question formulation technique ; Evaluating multimodal works holistically and in disparate parts ; Lessons for advanced learners. Critical visual literacy and the western visual canon ; Emerging technologies, deep fakes, and visual literacy ; Algorithmic literacy and visual literacy ; Examining the intersection of data literacy and visual literacy

Slow creating. Introduction / Stephanie Beene and Dana Statton Thompson ; Lessons for novice learners. Creating and evaluating presentations ; Creating visual information in the form of concept maps ; Creating simple data visualizations ; Memes as a pedagogical tool ; Lessons for intermediate learners. Creating an infographic ; Visual literacy and academic or professional poster creation ; Community-engaged project ; Creating a visual using generative AI ; Lessons for advanced learners. Generative AI for architecture and planning ; Creating more inclusive visuals through alt text and image descriptions ; Intellectual property and creative commons licenses ; LuLaRoe, misappropriation, and critical visual literacy

Slow using. Introduction / Stephanie Beene ; Lessons for novice learners. Integrating visuals into projects and papers ; Using images within a Google site ; Including images in a presentation ; Using art images with various licenses ; Lessons for intermediate learners. Visual data and communication using Digital Sanborn Maps ; Using visuals for curated, open-access image collections ; Metacognition, reflective thinking, and critical visual literacy ; Citing visuals correctly using Zotero Bibliographic Management ; Lessons for advanced learners. Exploring ethical visual literacy through tattoos and body modification ; Traveling soon? Evaluating rhetorical messages in visuals ; Misinformation and disinformation via the Pepe the Frog meme ; Exploring appropriation and Indigenous rights through the Zia symbol

Conclusion / Stephanie Beene and Dana Statton Thompson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-925-5292-9

OCLC:

1517396357