Teaching Visual & Information Literacy

Oxford College of Emory University

Art 101

Learning Outcomes:

• Students will be able to utilize critical inquiry skills in order to locate and source high-quality images.
• Searching as Strategic Exploration
• Standards Two, Three, and Four

Activity

• "Mona Lisa" Google image search to demonstrate issues finding images online
• Break students into groups & ask them to find a work of art using 1. Google Images, 2. Artstor Digital Library, 3. Museum Website, 4. Flickr

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Activity

• After using these resources to find images, ask groups to share observations with the class - quality, metadata, copyright, etc.
• Use observations to foster a discussion on finding images online - algorithms & discoverability, zooming tools, 3D scans, etc.

Art 102

Learning Outcome:

• Students will be able to articulate the ethical, legal, social, and economic issues surrounding the creation and use of images and visual media in order to access and use images ethically.
• Information Has Value
• Standard Seven

Image Appropriation

Activity

• Divide students into groups and give them case studies related to image appropriation
• Case studies will be real scenarios
• Students will present case study to class, noting insights and findings

Robert Colesscott

Sherrie Levine

Courtney Baron

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