Learning Objects: The return of the “visual” to active learning?

American University in Cairo. Center for Learning and Teaching

Abstract:

In a recent issue of New Chalk Talk (Vol. 6, Issue 2) I relied upon John Berger’s pioneering work Ways of Seeing, (1972) in order to suggest the primacy of “visual texts” in the learning relationship and especially with regard to our continuous concern, as educators and facilitators of the learning process, to enhance critical thinking and self-learning. Upon reflection, however, I came to realize that I may have been using a massive-sized hammer in order to knock in a drawing pin. Let me explain.

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Newsletter of the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo.

Office: American University in Cairo. Center for Learning and Teaching
Keyword: Visual learning , Image analysis , Active learning
Date Created: 2006-11-14
Date Issued: 2014-08-21
Type: Text
Medium: newsletters
Language: en
License: Copyright, American University in Cairo. All rights reserved.
URI: http://dar.aucegypt.edu/handle/10526/4032

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