Children's and young people's digital literacies in virtual online spaces
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Linguistics and English Language
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Gillen Julia
(2014)
Digital Literacies
Julia Gillen (Co-Author)
(2011)
Digital literacies in the making : schools producing news with the BBC
in Nordic journal of digital literacy
Marsh J
(2010)
young children's play in online virtual worlds
in Journal of Early Childhood Research
Merchant G
(2010)
3D virtual worlds as environments for literacy learning
in Educational Research
| Description | Invited talk to an audience of people interested in rethinking education especially at the schooling level in Finland. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Julia Gillen gave an invited talk, "A learning community for teens on a virtual island. Invited presentation at Uusi Koulu - koulu media aikakaudella - A new school - a school for the media age. Mikkeli, Finland. 18 March." This was part of a day's discussion about the future of schooling. These discussions fed into an edited book, Transitions and Transformations in Learning and Education edited by Paivi Tynjala, Marja-Leena Stenström, Marjatta Saarnivaara published by Springer in 2012. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Plenary for closing session of the day of early childhood: National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Joint talk by Julia Gillen and Guy Merchant, entitled, "The Kids Love It-But What's It All About? Perspectives on Virtual Worlds in Classrooms." This event attracted an audience of several hundred, teachers, teacher educators, policy makers and researchers. The event arose out of interest in the topic by these audiences and so we were invited. But it would be unfeasible to claim any known impact relating to this specific activity alone. We have continued to publish, present and research in these areas, often welcomed and read by US audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.ncte.org/annual/past/2012program |