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OverviewThis book brings together a global community of educators, educational researchers, librarians and others involved in enabling learning, to consider how learners need to be equipped in an educational environment which is increasingly suffused by digital technology. Traditional notions of literacy need to be challenged and new literacies, including information literacy and IT literacy, need to be considered as foundation elements for digitally-involved learners. The international contributors deploy a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives, with a focus mainly on higher education. In part one the authors consider how digital technologies have enabled transformative change in the ways in which learning can be constructed. In the second part they discuss the nature of the new literacies that have emerged in this digitally-enabled educational environment. In the third part they consider the way in which digital literacies can be made available to learners, and in the final part these literacies are relocated within the broader perspective of the activity of learning. This book takes the issues raised in the successful 'Information and IT Literacy', by the same Editor, into a broader context. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Allan Martin , Dan MadiganPublisher: Facet Publishing Imprint: Facet Publishing Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.242kg ISBN: 9781856045636ISBN 10: 1856045633 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 20 September 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe book does indeed look at literacy in a very broad context. It brings the reader up to date with what is being done to tackle the situation educators and librarians face with people at different levels of familiarity and comfort with technology we have available, including the common occurrence of learners being more au-fait with technology than their teachers. - SHINE Author InformationThe editors Allan Martin is Director of the IT Education Unit at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Dan Madigan was Founder Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA, where he is currently Interim Director, Scholarship of Engagement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |