EDUC260- Multimodal Literacies for a Digital Age

EDUC260- Multimodal Literacies for a Digital Age

1. Week 12 Lecture 1

   • Definitions
     • Multi-modality
       • comprising of more than one mode
     • Multimodal texts
       • texts that uses a combination of two or more communication modes e.g. print, image, sounds, films
     • Mode
       • the various processes of communication e.g. listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, representing
     • Multimodal literacy
       • combination and interrelation of skills (verbal, visual, oral, compositional) to make meaning
   • The trends towards appreciating multimodal texts and making meaning from them
     • the blurring of traditional boundaries between the roles of certain texts such as words, images, document design etc
   • Web 2.0 Literacy (CURRENT)
     • Social networking (facebook, youtube), retrieving info and sharing info, hypertext literacy, interactive user, social learner
     • e.g. podcasting, blogs, drawing, photos, videos, presentations
   • Web 3.0 Literacy (FUTURE)
     • mobile phones + connectedness with technology (speed, storage, distribution), virtual reality
   • Hypertext
     • "a network of links between words, ideas, sources"- has no beginning or end
       • Think about website--> links to other parts of the text through multiple paths (not always easy to follow)
   • New Ways of Reading and New Forms
     • Change of Roles!
       • Readers- create own reading paths
       • Authors- can be anyone
     • Print can be arranged in different ways/ formats- combination of sounds, images, animations,
     • Visuals play a bigger role- own grammar, conventions and meanings
     • New social purposes and text forms
   • Digital Literacy
     • Functional Skills- related to teaching, develop, experiment, resources
     • Creativity- active exploration, uses knowledge, thinking, imagination
     • Critical Thinking and Evaluation- analysing, evaluating, reflecting, decision-making, questioning
     • Cultural and Social Understanding- understand other people's perspectives and contexts
     • Collaboration- flexibility, dialogue, building, virtue groups
     • The ability to find and select information- research skills, copyright and ethics
     • Effective Communication- purposeful, audience, making choices and using specific tools
     • E-safety

2. Week 12 Lecture 2

   • Online Gaming/ Digital Games
     • computer games are multimodal texts with interactive structures e.g. images, sounds, narratives, collaborative skills, visual design, writing
     • critical thinking, problem solving skills, understand how the images and words work together, understand how to work with others
   • Implications for Learning
     • Students need to connect the learnt skills within the classroom and in the outside world
     • Expanding strategies to read and make meaning
   • Examples of Digital Literacy
     • e.g. Inanimate Alice, Pottermore