This review examined 29 empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 2002
to 2017 that investigated the use of computers and information and communication …

This study aimed to conduct a systematic literature review on empirical studies of how
technologies influence young children's learning. Eighty-seven articles published between …

Winner of the 2017 Edward Fry Book Award from the Literacy Research Association.
Literacy Theories for the Digital Age insightfully brings together six essential approaches to …

Multimodal literacy is a term that originates in social semiotics, and refers to the study of
language that combines two or more modes of meaning. The related term, multimodality …

Technology has enabled new ways of meaning-making in the digital age, incidentally
bringing with it inequities in education as a result of the differing access, resources, and …

The rapid evolution of virtual reality (VR) technologies and their adoption for learning opens
up new possibilities for shifting semiotic content across modes, with underexplored scope for …

The authors draw from their work with teachers and students to address issues of social
justice through the regular curriculum and everyday school life. This book illustrates an …

This paper addresses how students design multimodal digital text when making digital
stories in school. Drawing on the perspective of 'multiliteracies', multimodal analysis of video …

TO BE TRULY LITERATE, children need to learn to create, comprehend and use written,
visual, aural and multimodal texts. When they start school, they are usually able to create …

Children's engagement with transmedia narratives, where the same story is presented
through different media such as book, film and interactive app, can reveal their knowledge …