Transforming Digital Literacy With Culturally Diverse, Personalized Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 170-195
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Donohue ◽  
Kevin Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Design For Learning

The chapter reports on the research and efforts of two faculty members in an Instructional Technologies (ITEC) Master's program to transform their undergraduate and graduate courses into culturally sensitive personalized learning experiences in media literacy education. The 20-year-old ITEC program needed upgrading to meet the paradigm shift in new technologies and global education that its students would enter on graduation. Cultural and social justice issues have been the mission of the University for 40 years and that dimension of media literacy education was missing from the ITEC curricula. Researchers found that introducing techniques of gamification, heutagogical methods, and universal design for learning principles into their online and blended-learning courses provided a way to help students personalize their learning experience and interact more engagingly with each other, and to master the media literacy skills being taught.

Transforming Digital Literacy with Culturally Diverse, Personalized Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 239-265
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Donohue ◽  
Kevin Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Design For Learning

The chapter reports on the research and efforts of two faculty members in an Instructional Technologies (ITEC) Master's program to transform their undergraduate and graduate courses into culturally sensitive personalized learning experiences in media literacy education. The 20-year-old ITEC program needed upgrading to meet the paradigm shift in new technologies and global education that its students would enter on graduation. Cultural and social justice issues have been the mission of the University for 40 years and that dimension of media literacy education was missing from the ITEC curricula. Researchers found that introducing techniques of gamification, heutagogical methods, and universal design for learning principles into their online and blended-learning courses provided a way to help students personalize their learning experience and interact more engagingly with each other, and to master the media literacy skills being taught.

Transforming Digital Literacy with Culturally Diverse, Personalized Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 161-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Donohue ◽  
Kevin Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Design For Learning

The chapter reports on the research and efforts of two faculty members in an Instructional Technologies (ITEC) Master's program to transform their undergraduate and graduate courses into culturally sensitive personalized learning experiences in media literacy education. The 20-year-old ITEC program needed upgrading to meet the paradigm shift in new technologies and global education that its students would enter on graduation. Cultural and social justice issues have been the mission of the University for 40 years and that dimension of media literacy education was missing from the ITEC curricula. Researchers found that introducing techniques of gamification, heutagogical methods, and universal design for learning principles into their online and blended-learning courses provided a way to help students personalize their learning experience and interact more engagingly with each other, and to master the media literacy skills being taught.

scholarly journals Teaching Media Literacy to ESL and EFL Students in the Age of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Gaston
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
English Language Skills

Media literacy education is a field that is fraught with disagreement over definitions, approaches, principles, and purposes, but teaching media literacy is arguably needed now more than ever before, especially for ESL and EFL students. From the research available, it appears as though many ESL and EFL students are not taught media literacy in their home countries. Additionally, much of the research that does exist in regards to teaching media literacy to ESL and EFL students focuses on forms of media that are no longer relevant to most learners. Since ESL and EFL teachers support the development of their students’ English-language skills, it is justifiable that at least some of the responsibility of media literacy education should fall on their shoulders. The widespread transition to virtual learning as a result of COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity for ESL and EFL teachers to teach media literacy to their students. However, because this period also presents numerous challenges to the public’s collective media literacy skills, it is imperative that teachers integrate media literacy education into their pedagogy. Keywords: media literacy, ESL, EFL, COVID-19

Creating Global Classrooms Using Universal Design for Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 703-725
Author(s):  
Victoria Brown
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Classroom Technology ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Culturally Diverse Students ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Global World

Media and digital content has become an integral part of our lives. Digital content has expanded the opportunities for accessing information for individuals with special needs and classrooms with culturally diverse students. Because the digital content is taught through multiple modes, it provides access to information previously available only through print formats. By incorporating universal design into the classroom, the students are using media and digital literacy skills, preparing them for the global world in which they live. In this chapter, a description of universal design will be provided, how to use the digital and media content to create a classroom that honors diversity, and how to use universal design for teaching different languages. The concepts of universal design and the global classroom are pulled together through project or problem-based learning. Finally, a glimpse into the future classroom technology is provided.

Creating Global Classrooms Using Universal Design for Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 186-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Brown
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Classroom Technology ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Culturally Diverse Students ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Global World

Media and digital content has become an integral part of our lives. Digital content has expanded the opportunities for accessing information for individuals with special needs and classrooms with culturally diverse students. Because the digital content is taught through multiple modes, it provides access to information previously available only through print formats. By incorporating universal design into the classroom, the students are using media and digital literacy skills, preparing them for the global world in which they live. In this chapter, a description of universal design will be provided, how to use the digital and media content to create a classroom that honors diversity, and how to use universal design for teaching different languages. The concepts of universal design and the global classroom are pulled together through project or problem-based learning. Finally, a glimpse into the future classroom technology is provided.

New Media Literacy in 3-D Virtual Learning Environments

2009 ◽  
pp. 257-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufeng Qian
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Learning Programs

This chapter reviews the use of 3-D virtual learning environments in kindergarten through secondary education in the United States. This emerging new learning environment poses new challenges to learners and requires broader spectrum of media literacy skills. By examining exemplary 3-D virtual learning programs and current state of media literacy education, this chapter reconceptualizes media literacy as integrated learning skills required in the emerging learning environments and identifies new directions to media literacy education to better prepare students to be competent learners and citizens in the digital age.

Creating Global Classrooms Using Universal Design for Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 145-168
Author(s):  
Victoria Brown
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Classroom Technology ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Culturally Diverse Students ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Global World

Media and digital content has become an integral part of our lives. Digital content has expanded the opportunities for accessing information for individuals with special needs and classrooms with culturally diverse students. Because the digital content is taught through multiple modes, it provides access to information previously available only through print formats. By incorporating universal design into the classroom, the students are using media and digital literacy skills, preparing them for the global world in which they live. In this chapter, a description of universal design will be provided, how to use the digital and media content to create a classroom that honors diversity, and how to use universal design for teaching different languages. The concepts of universal design and the global classroom are pulled together through project or problem-based learning. Finally, a glimpse into the future classroom technology is provided.

Global Kitchen Project

2017 ◽  
pp. 423-442
Author(s):  
Melda N. Yildiz ◽  
Altagracia Petela ◽  
Brianne Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits

The Global Kitchen project promotes health education and 21st century skills using educational technologies among 2nd and 3rd grade elementary classrooms, offers creative strategies for developing culturally and linguistically responsive Universal Design for Learning (UDL) curriculum while integrating global education and media literacy skills into the curriculum with limited resources, and describes participants' reactions, discoveries, and experiences with new media. Situated within the context of teaching and learning, this Participatory Action Research (PAR) project aims to advance scientific knowledge of transdisciplinary project-based curriculum revolving around global nutrition education as a means to promote healthy eating habits among young children in low-income schools while developing media literacy skills and global competencies and offering the tools to teach children ages 8-10 years about nutrition in a meaningful, integrated way as well as outlining the impact of flipped classroom projects.

Global Kitchen Project

2014 ◽  
pp. 226-244
Author(s):  
Melda N. Yildiz ◽  
Altagracia Petela ◽  
Brianne Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits

The Global Kitchen project promotes health education and 21st century skills using educational technologies among 2nd and 3rd grade elementary classrooms, offers creative strategies for developing culturally and linguistically responsive Universal Design for Learning (UDL) curriculum while integrating global education and media literacy skills into the curriculum with limited resources, and describes participants' reactions, discoveries, and experiences with new media. Situated within the context of teaching and learning, this Participatory Action Research (PAR) project aims to advance scientific knowledge of transdisciplinary project-based curriculum revolving around global nutrition education as a means to promote healthy eating habits among young children in low-income schools while developing media literacy skills and global competencies and offering the tools to teach children ages 8-10 years about nutrition in a meaningful, integrated way as well as outlining the impact of flipped classroom projects.

Teaching Truth, Lies, and Accuracy in the Digital Age: Media Literacy as Project-Based Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonty Friesem
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Media Literacy Education

The post-truth era has challenged traditional ways of teaching journalism and media literacy. Media literacy education can offer a useful lens for teaching students to be more critical. This pedagogy article describes a semester-long undergraduate course designed to deconstruct information disorder in the post-truth era by looking at economics, ideology, and power relations. Applying a project-based learning model allowed students to enhance their digital and media literacy skills by inquiring about the accuracy of a variety of sources centered on a single story.

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