The Visual in Information Literacy: How Visual Literacy Enhances Information Literacy
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation
Conference Strand
Critical Literacy
Target Audience
K-12
Second Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Session 5 Papers
Relevance
The proposal provides the connection of visual literacy to information literacy. We know that Information literacy is crucial to support the needs of students in discerning credible information and recognizing attempts to influence them. This leads to the importance of students enhancing their skills around visual context because visual literacy is used to obtain information and to construct knowledge.
Proposal
The Visual in Information Literacy: How Visual Literacy Enhances Information Literacy
The expansion of literacy and its impact on student learning has brought communication across multiple areas in today’s classrooms. Through Visual Literacy, teachers can support students in learning to use images in order to create new knowledge. It is crucial for students to be able to read and decode visual Information because the visual content is conveying information that may influence audiences. Visual literacy is used to obtain information and to construct knowledge. Join Georgia Public Broadcasting for an exploration of its free resources. With dynamic content from PBS LearningMedia, participants will leave with active strategies to promote critical thinking and collaboration using Visual Literacy in the classroom.
Short Description
Do you want to learn how visual literacy enhances information literacy in the classrooms? The expansion of literacy and its impact on student learning has brought communication across multiple areas in today’s classrooms. Through Visual Literacy, teachers can support students in learning to use images in order to understand and create new knowledge. Join Georgia Public Broadcasting for an exploration of its free resources that promote critical thinking using Visual Literacy.
Keywords
visual literacy, information, critical thinking
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, Kiawana, "The Visual in Information Literacy: How Visual Literacy Enhances Information Literacy" (2023). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 23.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2023/2023/23
The Visual in Information Literacy: How Visual Literacy Enhances Information Literacy
Session 5 Papers
The Visual in Information Literacy: How Visual Literacy Enhances Information Literacy
The expansion of literacy and its impact on student learning has brought communication across multiple areas in today’s classrooms. Through Visual Literacy, teachers can support students in learning to use images in order to create new knowledge. It is crucial for students to be able to read and decode visual Information because the visual content is conveying information that may influence audiences. Visual literacy is used to obtain information and to construct knowledge. Join Georgia Public Broadcasting for an exploration of its free resources. With dynamic content from PBS LearningMedia, participants will leave with active strategies to promote critical thinking and collaboration using Visual Literacy in the classroom.
