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Erin Brockette Reilly
Comparative Media Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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applied humanities

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applied humanities
a focus on culture instead of technologies

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applied humanities
a focus on culture instead of technologies

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applied humanities
a focus on culture instead of technologies
C4FCM

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characteristics of a participatory culture
low barriers for artistic expression & civic engagement
strong support for creating and sharing
types of mentorships
opportunities for members to contribute
any degree of social connection

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jessica

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gets a text
jessica

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gets a text
jessica
with a link

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gets a text
jessica
with a link

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jessica

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jessica
learns it

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jessica
&
friends

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jessica
&
friends

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jessica &
more friends

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everyone’s doing it

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www.newmedialiteracies.org

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“traditional” media literacy:
• analysis of mass media (consumer perspective)
• critical thinking
• not integrated into the curriculum

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“traditional” media literacy:
• analysis of mass media (consumer perspective)
• critical thinking
• not integrated into the curriculum
digital literacy:
• tools and techniques
• computer clubhouse movement

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how do we CONNECT?
four forms of participatory culture
how do we CREATE?
how do we CIRCULATE?
how do we COLLABORATE?

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collective intelligence
networking
negotiation
judgment
play
performance
simulation
multitasking
distributed cognition
transmedia navigation
appropriation
social skills and cultural competencies

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appropriation: the ability to meaningfully
sample and remix media content

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collective intelligence: the ability to pool
knowledge and compare notes with others
toward a common goal

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networking: the ability to search for,
synthesize, and disseminate information

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how do we integrate these new media literacies
across curricula?

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learning in a participatory culture
exercises - develop technical skills & cultural competencies
exemplars - critically analyze media texts
expressions - create new media content
ethics - critically reflect on consequences of choices

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• exemplar collection: media makers

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• exercises: explore and practice skills
• exemplar collection: media makers

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• expressions: create & share
Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• exercises: explore and practice skills
• exemplar collection: media makers

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• ethics: integrated throughout
• expressions: create & share
Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• exercises: explore and practice skills
• exemplar collection: media makers

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• ethics: integrated throughout
• expressions: create & share
Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• exercises: explore and practice skills
• exemplar collection: media makers
• partnerships will produce local collections

34.
Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Exemplars:Video

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Exercises:
Simulation activity instructions
Explore & Practice at Soda Constructor
www.sodaplay.com

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Expressions: Create & Share

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Expressions: Create & Share

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide

45.
Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
the ability to meaningfully
sample and remix media content

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
our featured appropriators:
Herman Melville remixes Milton, Bible, mapping, cetology
Ricardo Pitts-Wiley (director) remixes Melville, local stories
Rudy Cabrera (actor) remixes language, experiences

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
Melville Scholar Wyn Kelley
on Ricardo Pitts-Wiley’s
Moby-Dick:Then and Now

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
Melville Scholar Wyn Kelley
on Ricardo Pitts-Wiley’s
Moby-Dick:Then and Now

49.
Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
collaboration between NML & Harvard’s GoodPlay project

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Young People, Ethics and the New Digital Media (February 2008)
www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
collaboration between NML & Harvard’s GoodPlay project

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Young People, Ethics and the New Digital Media (February 2008)
www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
•credibility
•identity •privacy
•participation
•ownership & authorship
collaboration between NML & Harvard’s GoodPlay project

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Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Young People, Ethics and the New Digital Media (February 2008)
www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
•credibility
•identity •privacy
•participation
•ownership & authorship
collaboration between NML & Harvard’s GoodPlay project
online / offline multimedia “casebook”
exploring these ethical categories

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“long-distance collaborations across learning communities”
Learning Library (2009)
network to develop new assessment strategies
- embedded, mixed method
- NML a case study for James Paul Gee’s
21st Century Assessment Project
for Situated and Sociocultural Approaches to Learning
- locals produce their own articulations
- locals productions in conversation via NML network

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www.newmedialiteracies.org