EDUC9314 Multimodal Childhoods in the 21st Century

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What is different about learning in the 21st century is that it is multimodal. That is, children have experiences and make meaning using languages, images, in different places and spaces, with new technologies, their bodies, by listening and explaining (linguistic) and they share and explain these experiences in multiple formats … For more content click the Read More button below.

What is different about learning in the 21st century is that it is multimodal. That is, children have experiences and make meaning using languages, images, in different places and spaces, with new technologies, their bodies, by listening and explaining (linguistic) and they share and explain these experiences in multiple formats in multimodal texts. In this topic we explore 'new learning' (Kalantzis & Cope, 2012) and examine the ways in which we can create contexts for becoming multiliterate in contemporary society.

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This topic aims to:

Explore the dominant theories of learning that are prevalent in educational discourses
Investigate the notion of 'new learning' by considering what makes learning different in the 21st century
Consider how we can create learning contexts for multimodal learning in contemporary times

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Multimodal Childhoods in the 21st Century

EDUC9314

4.5 Units

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