[Asis-l] "Using Digital Images" report published

[David Green]

With usual apologies for cross-posting, this new report should be of interest.

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NITLE/Wesleyan Report on Digital Images Released Oct. 31

October 31, 2006. Digital images are changing the way professors teach at colleges and universities--although often at great personal expense of time and resources, according to a new study by David Green.

"Using Digital Images in Teaching and Learning: Perspectives from Liberal Arts Institutions," published today, details the results of an intensive study of digital image use by more than 400 faculty at 33 liberal arts colleges and universities in the Northeast.

Commissioned by Wesleyan University and the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE), the study focuses on the pedagogical implications of the widespread use of digital formats. But, while changes in teaching and learning were at the core of the study, related issues concerning supply, support and infrastructure rapidly became part of its fabric.

The report suggests how the teaching profession as a whole can better harness these new resources, and it makes recommendations for optimizing their deployment on campus.

The full report and an executive summary are available at Academic Commons, an online forum for new technologies and liberal education:

http://www.academiccommons.org/imagereport