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The NMC Online Conference on Visual Literacy, a special 2-day event to be held April 5-6, 2005 via the Internet, is the fifth in a series of specially focused online gatherings sponsored as part of the NMC Series of Online Conferences.

Click here to see the Complete Conference Program. this is a pdf file
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Keynote Sessions

Anne Bamford
Institute For Interactive Media & Learning
University Of Technology, Sydney

"Future Literacy, Future Identities: The role of visual literacy"

John Weber
Director
The Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery
Skidmore College

"The Gates: A Visual Literacy Case Study"

Michael Looney
Senior Director
Education & Solutions Marketing
Adobe Systems, Inc.

"21st Century Literacy: A Vision for Education"
 
About the Conference

The Online Conference on Visual Literacy explored the ways emerging ideas, constructs, tools, and theories are fueling new interest in visual communication. The program included sessions within the following tracks:

• Exploring the Visual/Digital Literacy Landscape
• Successful Projects & Real-Life Examples
• Visual/Digital Literacy Trends and Issues

The conference featured a dozen 20-30-minute asynchronous sessions, plus a number of live events. In addition to the keynote sessions described above, the conference also includes the following featured sessions:

Aesthetics in Adolesence and the Construction of Meaning
Scott Howe, Teachers College, Columbia University

History & Anthropology: The Life and Death of Visual Literacy
Jared Bendis, Mace Mentch
Case Western Reserve University

Madison Digital Image Database
Christina Updike, Kevin Hegg, Andreas Knab
James Madison University

Visual Literacies in History
David J. Staley, The Ohio State University

Taking Risks
Digital Media Minor Program at Cal Poly Pomona University
Karen Brzoska, James Manley, Claudia Espiritu, and Erik Garcia
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Talking with the People
Public Art and the Hybrid Course Model
Amy Mangrich, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Tracks in the Snow: Patterns, Maps, and Visual Literacy
Ruben R. Puentedura, Hippasus

Vodcasting 101
The Impact of Video On Demand in the Hands of Our Students
Cyprien Lomas, University of British Columbia
Jennifer Reeves, University of Missouri

Each of the presentations was accompanied by a "live/interactive" component, a "presentation-on-demand" component, as well as an asychronous discussion that expanded on and illuminated the topic.

Click here to see the Complete Conference Program. this is a pdf file
Click here to see the Conference Program-at-a-Glance. this is a pdf file

Learn more about the iCohere online conference environment.

For questions or for additional information, please contact the NMC at 512 445-4200 or via email at info@nmc.org.