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The Digital Classroom: The Madison Digital Image Database

Ancient Studies - New Technology III. The Digital Classroom: The Madison Digital Image Database. Christina Updike, Kevin Hegg, Andreas Knab, Lynne George James Madison University. MDID Project. 1997: JMU developed MDID to alleviate art history curriculum crunch

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The Digital Classroom: The Madison Digital Image Database

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  1. Ancient Studies - New Technology III The Digital Classroom:The Madison Digital Image Database Christina Updike, Kevin Hegg,Andreas Knab, Lynne GeorgeJames Madison University

  2. MDID Project • 1997: JMU developed MDID to alleviate art history curriculum crunch • 2001: MDID made available as free download • 2003: JMU received Mellon Foundation grant for MDID 2 development and ARTstor collaboration • 2004: MDID 2 released under open source license

  3. Collaboration Key to Implementation • Teaching faculty • Visual collection curator or librarian • System developers • System administrators • Faculty development support • Classroom technology support • Digital production support • Administrative support

  4. MDID 2 Features • Multiple collections • Custom catalog data structure • Personal image collection • Intuitive tools for creating and managing slideshows • Various online and offline slideshow presentation and publishing tools

  5. MDID Survey • Approximately 300 Students Participated • 5 Survey Art History Courses,1 Upper Level Ancient Studies Course

  6. MDID Usefulnessduring Classroom Lectures

  7. MDID Usefulnessoutside of the Classroom

  8. How would you ratethe quality of the digital images?

  9. Student Reactions • “Being able to print the image out for flashcards was a great help for studying.” • “I always use the print view for taking notes in class.” • “The overall quality is better than most website images and clearer than the slides.”

  10. Faculty Reactions We like • the flexibility of creating image shows • customizing with annotation • adding personal images • presentation features • Many instructors agree that students are more prepared!

  11. GARTH 205 Prehistoric to Renaissance A Practical Look at MDID in Use.

  12. More Information Visit http://mdid.org/ : • get more information • test drive the online demo • sign up to the MDID users mailing list • download the software

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