Back to results

Virginia Tech

Assessing Visual Literacy: A Review and An Attempt

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

This dissertation was driven by a lack of evidence substantiating the current state of visual literacy knowledge and skills of instructional design professionals and the continuing call for visual literacy assessment research. The project has contributed two manuscripts that examine the existing visual literacy assessment research and document an attempt at designing and developing an evidence-based visual literacy assessment product. The first manuscript, a comprehensive literature review, offers insights into how visual literacy has been assessed over the years and the challenges associated with establishing a research agenda for visual literacy assessment as revealed by current research and practice. The second manuscript, adopting the design and development research methodology, aims to design and develop a product that instructional designers can use to assess or diagnose the strengths and weaknesses in their knowledge regarding a fundamental vocabulary of visual literacy.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Doctor of Philosophy
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Curriculum and Instruction
Department dc:contributor.department
Education, Vocational-Technical
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2021

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Li, Mingyu
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Potter, Kenneth R.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Johnson, Alicia Leinaala
  • Lockee, Barbara B.
  • Ervine, Michelle D.

Subjects

dc:subject × 5

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:32105
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/113179

Chain of custody

source
Harvested from
Virginia Tech
Base URL
vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/oai/request
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
OAI-PMH GetRecord
citation

Li, Mingyu. Assessing Visual Literacy: A Review and An Attempt. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/113179