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Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy

by Belinha S. de Abreu (Author)
©2017 Textbook XXXIV, 214 Pages

Summary

Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy proposes media literacy education as a conceptual framework for bridging mobile technologies in teaching and learning. As cell phones have become more advanced and applications more innovative and fitting, candid conversations are taking place as to how technology can be a purposeful tool in the classroom. Mobile technology already attracts students and encourages text-language development; yet its accessibility affords the potential for more extended use, offering enhancement and flexibility for instructional development. In light of a shared vision of collaboration and growth developing globally within educational circles, this book examines mobile learning as a formal literacy, as a productivity environment for creative growth in and out of the classroom, and as an advancement to social learning through online networks. The book surveys media literacy education—both within the classroom and its extended implications—for concerns of civic participation and data privacy, as more educators and policymakers internationally consider the possibilities of connected classrooms and m-learning on a universal scale.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the author
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword (Kat Stewart)
  • Preface (Matteo Stocchetti)
  • Ambivalence and Indeterminacy
  • From the Logic of Knowledge to the Logic of Power
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • References
  • Part I. Linking Mobile Technologies and Digital Media Literacy
  • Chapter 1. Connecting Mobile Learning and Digital Media Literacy
  • Introduction
  • Digital Generation
  • Policy
  • Literacy
  • Media Literacy Education
  • Mobile Technology
  • Social Networking
  • Methods for Learning
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Technology as a Transliteracy: Creativity and Learning
  • Frameworks for Mobile Learning
  • Transformational Change
  • Four Tenets of Media Literacy Education
  • Transdisciplinary Approach: Integrating State and Common Core Standards
  • Information Literacy
  • Creativity and Learning
  • Concluding Thoughts
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Participatory Culture, Civic Engagement, and Equal Access in Practice
  • Participatory Culture
  • Civic Engagement
  • Edcamps
  • Media Literacy Now
  • Equal Access in Practice
  • Divide in Access
  • Divide in Learning
  • References
  • Chapter 4. Privacy, Student Data—Knowledge as Empowerment
  • What is Private?
  • Is Privacy a Luxury Good?
  • Parents, Common Core, and Testing
  • Questions Teachers Ask Themselves
  • Challenging Privacy Concerns
  • Media Literacy Takes Action
  • Article 17 Right to be Forgotten and to Erasure
  • Student Privacy Pledge
  • Privacy and Data in Transition
  • Digital Citizenship
  • References
  • Part II. Global Perspectives on Mobile Technologies: Online Social Networks-Practices and Perception of Youngsters (9–16), Their Teachers and Parents in Portugal
  • Chapter 5. Uses and Practices
  • Introduction
  • Data Instrument
  • The Surveyed Sample
  • Study Restrictions
  • Results
  • Recommendations
  • Web 2.0, Social Media, and Online Social Networks (OSNs)
  • Results
  • Uses of OSN
  • Facebook: Between Daily and Occasional Use
  • Young People Do Not Give Up
  • Youngsters Start Using OSB Before 13
  • Practices on Social Networks
  • OSN as a Source of News, But Doubtful Credibility
  • News Consumption Varies With Age and Gender
  • Techniques to Verify the Accuracy of News
  • Teachers and Parents Use OSN as News Source
  • Publishing on OSN is an Adult Activity
  • Teachers, Youth, and Parents Share More Than Post
  • “Comment” is Synonymous With “Like”?
  • The OSN as the Preferred Way to Communicate
  • Communicating Through the OSN
  • Main Conversation Issues Among Young People
  • Three Participation Profiles
  • The Youth’s “Friends”
  • “Being a Friend” Does Not Mean “Talking To”
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 6. Perceptions of Risks and Opportunities
  • Introduction
  • 35% of Portuguese Youngster Were Harassed on OSN
  • What Upset Youth on OSN
  • Fake Profiles: Innocence vs. Purposeful Harassment
  • Youth and Adults React to Online Harassment
  • OSN: Young Users/Fearing Adults
  • Concern Increases With Information on Risks or Not?
  • Information to Help Keep Students Safe
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 7. Learning Perspectives From Students, Teachers, and Parents
  • Introduction
  • The Enlargement of Literacy
  • Adults’ Positions in Relation to OSN Use by the Young
  • Educational Potential of OSN: Teachers’ Perceptions
  • OSN Use With Educational Purposes at School
  • OSN Learning in Non-Formal/Informal Settings
  • Learn to Use the OSN Through the OSN
  • Learning in the OSN: Parents’ Perspectives
  • OSN Use in Schools: Desired, But Limited
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 8. Concluding Thoughts
  • References
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A. US-DOE National Education Plan Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Section 1: Learning
  • Section 2: Teaching
  • Section 3: Leadership
  • Section 4: Assessment
  • Section 5: Infrastructure
  • Appendix B. Student Privacy Pledge Signers
  • Appendix C. Student Data Privacy, Accessibility, and Transparency Act (MODEL LEGISLATION)
  • (Reprinted with Permission: Foundation for Excellence in Education, April 2015)
  • Summary
  • Model Legislation
  • Index
  • Series Index

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PREFACE

Matteo Stocchetti

Principal Lecturer, PhD,

Department of Culture and Communication,
Arcada University of Applied Sciences

When Belinha asked me to write the preface for her new book the first question that came to my mind was: does anybody still read prefaces nowadays?

Details

Pages
XXXIV, 214
Publication Year
2017
ISBN (Softcover)
9781433128943
ISBN (ePUB)
9781433137808
ISBN (MOBI)
9781433137815
ISBN (PDF)
9781453919033
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433128950
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-1903-3
Language
English
Publication date
2018 (January)
Keywords
digital media literacy mobile learning social learning m-learning mobile technology media literacy literacy education formal literacy social networks
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2017. XXXIV, 214 pp.
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Biographical notes

Belinha S. de Abreu (Author)

Belinha S. De Abreu is a media literacy educator and educational technology specialist in Connecticut. Dr. de Abreu holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction, with a focus on media literacy, from the University of Connecticut. She is the author and editor of several publications, including Global Media Literacy in a Digital Age; Media Literacy in Action: Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives; and Media Literacy, Social Networking, and the Web 2.0 Environment for the K–12 Educator. Vitor Tomé, Ph.D. in education (2008) and post-Ph.D. in communication studies (2015), is a professional journalist, a teacher trainer (pre-service and in-service), and a researcher on media information literacy and on journalism. Currently he is developing a research project on digital citizenship education involving children (aged three to nine), their teachers, parents, and the community.

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