Digital Visual Literacy

Visual digital literacy (VDL), the ability to understand computer-generated images and use them to communicate effectively, is increasingly essential for information technology (IT) technicians and other knowledge workers. Mesa Community College (MCC), in collaboration with Brown University, has created, using, assessing, and disseminating a curriculum and comprehensive set of teaching modules on introductory VDL that is preparing students to meet this workforce requirement. The modules were designed in conjunction with industrial partners for use in existing community-college curricula, particularly in IT literacy courses.