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The Madison DID MDID 2 Now Available! 8/3/2004 We are very pleased to announce that the new version of the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID 2) software is now available to the general public. Visit the new MDID web site (http://mdid.org) where you can have some fun playing with the MDID 2 online demo, find more information about MDID 2, and download the software. Continuing the tradition of a shared educational software resource, MDID 2 is distributed free of charge under an open source license. Note that this website with information related to the first version of MDID is no longer being updated, though it will be kept available for a transition period. Please go to http://mdid.org for the most current information and MDID software downloads. News Releases
Software for Teaching and Learning with Digital Images The Madison DID allows instructors to search, retrieve, organize and teach with digital images and image data. The software was developed by the Center for Instructional Technology at James Madison University in close collaboration with faculty and staff in the School of Art and Art History. Instructional effectiveness was the primary focus throughout the development process. Though many databases provide the ability to search and access images, the Madison DID goes beyond and supplies instructors with an elegant teaching and learning tool. JMU is pleased to share this tool with the academic community by making the software available as a free download. Educators across the country who are using the package appreciate the intuitive design of this innovative instructional system. How it Works The Madison DID is comprised of an online content search and lecture creation tool for instructors, an online study tool for students, and an in-class presentation appliction for instructors. Using the faculty web interface, instructors can generate and package slideshows at their convenience - that is anytime, anyplace. Instructors can search through the digital image collection, selecting and sorting the images based on a range of instructional criteria. After organizing selected images for classroom presentation, instructors are able to store slideshows for immediate use in class, annotate and edit slideshows, provide online shows for student review, or archive slideshows for future discussion or testing. Using the student web interface, students can review and study the annotated slideshows for their classes. Administrative tools allow the digital collection administrator to add content and maintain the image database. For more information about the development and use of the Madison DID at James Madison University, read the recent article in Educause Quarterly, Integrating Digital Images into the Art and Art History Curriculum (PDF). Download Click here to download the MDID installer. Mailing List Please subscribe to our mailing list to receive important news about the MDID. All subscribers can also send email to the list to receive help from other subscribers. Read more. |
