Full Description
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.
Contents
Preface, by Dana Statton Thompson
Introduction, by Stephanie Beene
Part 1 Slow Looking
Introduction, by Dana Statton Thompson
Lessons for Novice Learners
Lesson 1.1: Introducing Slow Learning in the Classroom
Lesson 1.2: A Primer for the Principles of Design and the Elements of Art
Lesson 1.3: How Textual and Visual Information Complement Each Other
Lesson 1.4: Evaluating Data Visualizations for Purpose and Message
Lessons for Intermediate Learners
Lesson 1.5: How Context Contributes to Our Understanding of an Image
Lesson 1.6: How Manipulation Affects Our Understanding of Photography
Lesson 1.7: Incorporating the Question Formulation Technique
Lesson 1.8: Evaluating Multimodal Works Holistically and in Disparate Parts
Lessons for Advanced Learners
Lesson 1.9: Critical Visual Literacy and the Western Visual Canon
Lesson 1.10: Emerging Technologies, Deep Fakes, and Visual Literacy
Lesson 1.11: Algorithmic Literacy and Visual Literacy
Lesson 1.12: Examining the Intersection of Data Literacy and Visual Literacy
Part 2 Slow Creating
Introduction, by Stephanie Beene and Dana Statton Thompson
Lessons for Novice Learners
Lesson 2.1: Creating and Evaluating Presentations
Lesson 2.2: Creating Visual Information in the Form of Concept Maps
Lesson 2.3: Creating Simple Data Visualizations
Lesson 2.4: Memes as a Pedagogical Tool
Lessons for Intermediate Learners
Lesson 2.5: Creating an Infographic
Lesson 2.6: Visual Literacy and Academic or Professional Poster Creation
Lesson 2.7: Community-Engaged Project
Lesson 2.8: Creating a Visual Using Generative AI
Lessons for Advanced Learners
Lesson 2.9: Generative AI for Architecture and Planning
Lesson 2.10: Creating More Inclusive Visuals through Alt Text and Image Descriptions
Lesson 2.11: Intellectual Property and Creative Commons Licenses
Lesson 2.12: LuLaRoe, Misappropriation, and Critical Visual Literacy
Part 3 Slow Using
Introduction, by Stephanie Beene
Lessons for Novice Learners
Lesson 3.1: Integrating Visuals into Projects and Papers
Lesson 3.2: Using Images within a Google Site
Lesson 3.3: Including Images in a Presentation
Lesson 3.4: Using Art Images with Various Licenses
Lessons for Intermediate Learners
Lesson 3.5: Visual Data and Communication Using Digital Sanborn Maps
Lesson 3.6: Using Visuals from Curated, Open-Access Image Collections
Lesson 3.7: Metacognition, Reflective Thinking, and Critical Visual Literacy
Lesson 3.8: Citing Visuals Correctly Using Zotero Bibliographic Management
Lessons for Advanced Learners
Lesson 3.9: Exploring Ethical Visual Literacy through Tattoos and Body Modification
Lesson 3.10: Traveling Soon? Evaluating Rhetorical Messages in Visuals
Lesson 3.11: Misinformation and Disinformation via the Pepe the Frog Meme
Lesson 3.12: Exploring Appropriation and Indigenous Rights through the Zia Symbol
Conclusion, by Stephanie Beene and Dana Statton Thompson
About the Authors
Index
