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Integrating digital technology into teaching: the MDID

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Christina B. Updike  and
Allison L. Rosen
Christina B. Updike*
Affiliation:
James Madison University, School of Art and Art History, MSC 7101, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
Allison L. Rosen*
Affiliation:
James Madison University, Institute for Visual Studies, MSC 7101, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
*
Email: updikecb@jmu.edu
Email: rosenal@jmu.edu
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Abstract

At the same time that visual media play an ever expanding role in culture and society, technology offers new opportunities for using them in teaching and learning, far beyond what was possible with traditional analog image collections. Faculty and staff in art and art history, the library and instructional technology at James Madison University have collaborated in the creation of the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID), an innovative online teaching and learning system, to accommodate the exploding need for visual information. MDID is an open source system for managing digital images including personal image collections and displaying them in the classroom. Its support for sharing image collections among institutions and the expanding community of users offers new opportunities for collaboration in providing visual media for teaching and learning.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , 2006 , pp. 32 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2006

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