Share Paper: Image Use in Higher Education Online Classrooms: A Survey of California Community College Online Instructors

  1. Jason Bader, Mt San Jacinto College, United States
Tuesday, March 19 4:55 PM-5:15 PM Sunset 5

Abstract: Research has acutely pointed to a lack of visual literacy in education. One major issue is the ability of instructors’ use of images. This brief paper is a mixed methods study on image use in higher education online classrooms. This study investigates instructors’ disposition of integrating images within their online classrooms. The paper also explores if institutional support of media provides an attitude shift in the instructors. The results suggest that institutions offering online courses and program should offer training and services to improve the confidence of instructors in both image use and ability to manipulate images for their educational ...