The International Conference on Visual Literacy and Communication (VILDIC’20) welcomes expert researchers and scholars from across the world to meet for a premier online conference experience. Scholars and educators will engage in professional development and explore a wide range of topics relevant to audio-visual culture and language teaching.

VILDIC’20 aims at providing a forum for researchers, teachers and educational representatives to share their knowledge and promote creativity and innovation in the area of visual literacy and digital communication.

Abstracts are invited on topics related, but not limited to:

critical visual literacy

media literacy

digital storytelling

audiovisual cultures

films, television, web series, and video

new video formats: creation and production

screens: Netflix generation

videos and accessibility

transmedia and participatory experiences

multimedia productions

‘copywright’ and ‘fair use’ for language teaching with media

educational media

multimodal compositions

interactive digital media

the role of emerging technologies for fostering student agency

teaching materials

new assessment models (video essays, wikis, blogs, and social networking activities)

multilingual media and multilingual learning

translanguaging and visual cultures

You can download submissions guidelines here and get more information about what promises to be an innovative and thought-provoking conference here.