New Media Literacies for the 21st Century Sharon Peters wearejustlearning.pbwiki.com My Journey as a Teacher

for the 21st Century

“Understand the word, understand the world” understand the world”

Rationale : LITERACY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Literacy, simply put, is about meaning-making Quote taken from the Québec Education Program

To be literate, we must make meaning from all the information that is available to us - multi-modal information audio graphical visual tactile symbolic/representational

Two Modes Writing = Governed by logic of time Image = Governed by logic of space

Learning Sciences Studies in memory have shown that the visual is recalled more easily and more frequently than text One researcher, Paivio, has hypothesized that pictures yield a “dual coding” system: perception + visual

Some Principles Regarding Effective Use of Images and Text Richard Mayer (2001) Multimedia Principle Students learn better from words and pictures than from words alone.

Modality Principle Students learn better from an animation accompanied with spoken text, rather than printed text VoiceThread

Redundancy Principle Students learn better from an animation accompanied with spoken text rather than animation accompanied with spoken text AND printed text

Groupings of Literacies Operational Literacy: Skills related to making meaning from text Cultural Literacy Critical Literacy: Information literacy

These tools offer affordances for students to making meaning

Reality-Based Learning Learning situations that empower students to take action for the promotion of societal change

Deep Learning Supported Computer software is central in the learning sciences because the visual and processing power of today’s personal computers supports deep learning : Computers support reflection in a combination of visual and verbal modes Internet-based networks of learners can share and combine their developing understandings and benefit from the power of collaborative learning from Cambridge Handbook of Learning Sciences, p. 5

Computer software is central in the learning sciences because the visual and processing power of today’s personal computers supports deep learning :

Computers support reflection in a combination of visual and verbal modes

Internet-based networks of learners can share and combine their developing understandings and benefit from the power of collaborative learning

from Cambridge Handbook of Learning Sciences, p. 5

The need to include “visual grammar” into our frameworks of literacy

Rationale - need for reflection Taken from Québec Education Program

Taken from Québec Education Program

What are the learning activities and situations that will reflect the development of competencies of multiple literacies?

Essential Question: How can Canadian students use technology to promote education in developing nations?

Karin Muller: Take 2

Outcomes: Skills Built Multiliteracies Self-Regulation/Metacognition Communication Styles Critical Thinking / Reflection Synthesis and Summary Info Literacy, Validation, Filtering Negotiation and Collaboration

Multiliteracies

Self-Regulation/Metacognition

Communication Styles

Critical Thinking / Reflection

Synthesis and Summary

Info Literacy, Validation, Filtering

Negotiation and Collaboration

Shared online learning spaces provide opportunities for students to "be human together" (Siemens)

It’s all about AUDIENCE Moist Continental LCC Blogs

Meg’s Journey as a digital learner

Meg Meg Meg Meg Fictionpress - Simply Meg ICT in Education - Music on the Internet A Real Teen Talks about Blogging and Social Spaces Facebook

Fictionpress - Simply Meg

ICT in Education - Music on the Internet

A Real Teen Talks about Blogging and Social Spaces

Facebook

Grace iLike.... ... on the topic of backchanne ling Matthew

iLike....

Nat Runescape YouTube for music videos

Runescape

YouTube for music videos

(Tapscott) Whereas previous generations value loyalty, seniority, security and authority, t he NetGen’s norms reflect a desire for creativity, social connectivity, fun, freedom, speed, and diversity in their workplaces.

How do we go about best evaluating these competencies? New Wine in Old Wineskins Formative Evaluation?

Research Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition (Ley & Young, 2001, Hadwin & Winne, 1996, Boekaerts, 2000) Collaborative knowledge construction environments (Jonassen 1995, Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994) - computers no longer support ONLY individualized instruction Improvement in motivation, learning and problem-solving behaviour (Hoyles, Healy and Pozzi, 1994)

Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition (Ley & Young, 2001, Hadwin & Winne, 1996, Boekaerts, 2000)

Collaborative knowledge construction environments (Jonassen 1995, Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994) - computers no longer support ONLY individualized instruction

Improvement in motivation, learning and problem-solving behaviour (Hoyles, Healy and Pozzi, 1994)