The authors review all aspects of a Language Arts methods course for pre-service teachers, one which employs a multi-literacies pedagogy (The New London Group, 1996) and is taught at a laptop-based university. The course begins with a deliberate immersion into the complexities of multiple literacies, including digital literacy and critical literacy. The authors outline the course assignments, r...

In this paper, we present the conceptual framework, objectives, and methodology of an interdisciplinary research program (2018–2022) on media literacy competence teenagers in French-speaking Belgium, Quebec, France, Switzerland. The is undertaken by researchers four universities, one each national context. Focusing information search multimodal production as core activities, develops a multi-le...

For many years now, there have been many who have agonised over the concept of a minimum computing skills level as an important outcome of schooling and education in general. Numerous terms have been used to describe this set of skills. The more familiar descriptions have included such terms as, computer awareness, computer literacy, information literacy, and information and communications tech...

This article presents a scan of the concept of “digital literacy” and discusses issues encountered in the literature, including: a) challenges in the research base for conceptualizing digital literacy, b) the multiplicity of frameworks which attempt to situate digital literacy but lack sound theoretical origins, and c) wide disagreement among stakeholder disciplines, including education, media ...

Thomas P. Mackey is Interim Dean in the Center for Distance Learning at SUNY Empire State College; e-mail: [email protected]. Trudi E. Jacobson is Head of User Education Programs in the University Libraries of University at Albany, SUNY; e-mail: [email protected]. © Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson Social media environments and online communities are innovative collaborative te...