Presented by Stephen Cardinale at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, March 12-15, 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Session #4: The Teaching Turn: From Static Collections to Dynamic Learning Centers ORGANIZER: Heather Lowe, California State University, San Bernardino (on behalf of the VRA Emerging Professionals and Students Group) MODERATOR: Jasmine Burns, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee PRESENTERS: • Stephen Cardinale, University of Colorado, Boulder • Anna Bernhard, Colorado State University • Molly Schoen, University of Michigan • Chris Strasbaugh, Vanderbilt University Much of the business of creating and disseminating images has moved away from individual academic departments and isolated image collections toward centralized cross-discipline departments. This has left many visual resource centers looking for new ways to engage users and support the educational goals of their institutions. One way centers are meeting these new challenges is by transforming from being a storage silo for physical slide collections to being a collaborative learning space where students and faculty alike can come to work on projects and refine imaging and videography skills. As many resource centers make this move toward more teaching and learning, the physical spaces and skill sets of employees have also shifted. This session will examine case studies of visual resource centers programming that is directed to teaching imaging skills and how this new role is shifting their profile within their institutions.

1. Stephen Cardinale
The Teaching Turn
March 13th, 2014