This framework was developed by Juliet Hinrichsen and Antony Coombs at the University of Greenwich. They describe the model as “a framework to articulate the scope and dimensions of digital literacies. It is based on an established model of literacy which is underpinned by critical perspectives (the Four Resources Model of Critical Literacy, after Luke & Freebody). It has been adapted for the digital context."
Effective use of this 21st century technology requires that we not only become proficient in textual communication, but also in our ability to express ourselves and interpret others' ideas through visual literacy.
Social media and other tools that my co-author, Jeremy Hyler, describes may help many students make their close reading processes much more transparent.
One of the goals of education-digital or otherwise-is to prepare students for thinking and doing outside the classroom. And while it is true that the goal of teaching writing has always been to prepare students for writing beyond the walls of the schoolhouse, this is even more the case now that digital publishing has become so widely available in our society.
In the 21st century, new literacies are emerging and digital media forms allow communication to be more nuanced than ever before.
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