ERIC Number: EJ893318
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jul
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Digital Multimodal Texts and Their Role in Project Work: Opportunities and Dilemmas
Wikan, Gerd; Molster, Terje; Faugli, Bjorn; Hope, Rafael
Technology, Pedagogy and Education, v19 n2 p225-235 Jul 2010
This paper explores how and to what extent digital multimodal text production can play a role in project work. The focus is upon describing and understanding how teachers and learners view multimodal text production as part of a learning process. Group-based project work has been used extensively in Norwegian schools since the 1970s. One criticism of this learning approach has been that peers are too passive and show a lack of enthusiasm during presentations; another is that group work is not a real form of collaboration, but only cooperation in order to divide the workload. The authors argue that when learners are offered the opportunity to create their presentations as multimodal digital texts it leads to an improvement of both group work processes and the level of engagement in the presentation of the final product.
Descriptors: Student Projects, Learner Engagement, Group Activities, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Cooperative Learning, Story Telling, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Visual Aids, Interaction, Laptop Computers, Animation, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Technology Integration, Computer Software, Influence of Technology, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Class Activities, Instructional Effectiveness, National Curriculum, Educational Policy, Program Improvement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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