Photography as a Visual Literacy Tool

Photography as a tool of alienation: Aura

One of the main objectives of this series of artworks is to facilitate the emergence of the experiential visual complexity between the animate and inanimate that is otherwise not possible to record. The latent aura of textural presences around us is not always noticeable easily since we tend to consume things too fast. With the rich textures achieved after high-dynamic-range-imaging (HDRI) proc...

Development of Visual Skills: Digital Photography as a Tool for Research and Teaching in Architectural Education

Ocular Fundus Photography as an Educational Tool.

The proficiency of nonophthalmologists with direct ophthalmoscopy is poor, which has prompted a search for alternative technologies to examine the ocular fundus. Although ocular fundus photography has existed for decades, its use has been traditionally restricted to ophthalmology clinical care settings and textbooks. Recent research has shown a role for nonmydriatic fundus photography in nonoph...

Mobile phone polling as a tool for teaching information literacy

While mobile technologies are ubiquitous among students and increasingly used in many aspects of libraries, they have yet to gain traction in information literacy instruction. Librarians at Champlain College piloted mobile phone polling in a first-year classroom as a less expensive and more versatile alternative to clickers. By utilizing a technology that virtually all students have in their po...

Visual contrast sensitivity as a diagnostic tool.

In “Possible Estuary-Associated Syndrome: Symptoms, Vision, and Treatment,” Shoemaker and Hudnell (1) advocated use of the visual contrast sensitivity (VCS) test as a biomarker to diagnose possible estuaryassociated syndrome (PEAS) and to assess response to their proposed treatment regimen. However, the use of VCS as a diagnostic test for PEAS (and subsequent treatment of PEAS with cholestyrami...