Tag: Images

  • In praise of improving stock photo libraries

    In praise of improving stock photo libraries

    When I recently commended a particular online discussion tool in response to a query on the Forma Facebook Group, a friend noted “I wish it was a little prettier. But that’s the curmudgeon in me.” I contend that you don’t have to be a curmudgeon to want learning tools to be beautiful. No less an educational…

  • The waning (and waxing?) of religious imagery in the West

    The waning (and waxing?) of religious imagery in the West

    We don’t have public course blogs in my history of communication course. But this discussion board post seemed germane to the stuff I write about here. But whereas polyglot editions of the Bible made scripture (‘the words of God’) seem more multiform, repeatable visual aids like maps and equations made nature (the works of God)…