Visual Literacy for Education Professionals
Catalina Huilcapi-Collantes
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Ecuador
Juan Pablo Hernández-Ramos
University of Salamanca, Spain
Azucena Hernández Martín
University of Salamanca, Spain
Abstract
Visual literacy (VL) is essential for improving the visual communication skills of graduate students who desire to develop instructional material or manage Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-mediated learning. However, in the current challenging and highly visual digital world, the Ecuadorian context needs a well-structured graduate program of VL. Indeed, promoting visually literate professionals in Education and other fields has yet to be understood as a complement to their digital competence development. This educational intervention was conducted with graduates from different areas of study who were in an ICT in an Education program. The specific content was integrated into one of the subjects. The VL training module described focuses on the themes, subtopics, and teaching methodology. The professor identified the most difficult topics for students to understand. This experience aims to help scholars, teachers, or researchers who want to perform an intervention in a similar context to make learning design and content decisions.
Keywords: visual literacy, higher education, graduate students, digital competence