Visual Literacy and the Digital Native: An Examination of the MillennialLearner

Journal of Visual Literacy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-47

  Brumberger, Eva ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

digital natives; technology; visual learners; visual literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874911671     PISSN: 1051144X     EISSN: 23796529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23796529.2011.11674683     Document Type: Article

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