Got Art? How to find and present digitized images in the classroom
Tuesday, October 2
Karil Kucera, Art & Art History, Asian Studies and 2007-08 CILA Teaching & Technology Associate
Patty Cohn, Visual Resource Curator
Ken Johnson, Reference and Instruction Librarian
(co-sponsor: Information and Instructional Technologies (IIT), St. Olaf Libraries)
A 2006 study conducted at liberal arts institutions* asked faculty about their use of digital images in their courses, including whether they felt their teaching had changed because of using digital images. Three-quarters thought it had: 29% “very much” and 47% “somewhat.” The strongest response was in the sciences, with 40% in the physical sciences and 39% in the life sciences registering that their teaching had changed “very much.” In the arts/humanities, faculty in history, art history, and area studies registered the most significant change, at 32%. In both areas, an additional 46% of faculty considered that their teaching had changed at least “somewhat.”
Many faculty in all fields have turned to using art and other images in their classrooms, yet still struggle with how and where to find good quality images and how to use them well. If you are looking for ways to illustrate an idea or theme, or to clarify for students a concept or a topic, please join Karil Kucera and her library colleagues for this Conversation. She will lead discussion intended to help faculty at all levels of expertise learn more about the resources available to them, and present some best practice tips on how to put those resources to work in the classroom.
*Using Digital Images in Teaching and Learning: Perspectives from Liberal Arts Institutions
http://www.academiccommons.org/files/image-report.pdf
