Erin Reilly, Research Director, shares with iCELTIC in June 2008, the current research happening at MIT's Comparative Media Studies Project New Media Literacies.
7. characteristics of a participatory culture
low barriers for artistic expression & civic engagement
strong support for creating and sharing
types of mentorships
opportunities for members to contribute
any degree of social connection
20. “traditional” media literacy:
• analysis of mass media (consumer perspective)
• critical thinking
• not integrated into the curriculum
21. “traditional” media literacy:
• analysis of mass media (consumer perspective)
• critical thinking
• not integrated into the curriculum
digital literacy:
• tools and techniques
• computer clubhouse movement
22. how do we CONNECT?
four forms of participatory culture
how do we CREATE?
how do we CIRCULATE?
how do we COLLABORATE?
27. how do we integrate these new media literacies
across curricula?
28. learning in a participatory culture
exercises - develop technical skills & cultural competencies
exemplars - critically analyze media texts
expressions - create new media content
ethics - critically reflect on consequences of choices
46. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
47. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
the ability to meaningfully
sample and remix media content
48. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
our featured appropriators:
Herman Melville remixes Milton, Bible, mapping, cetology
Ricardo Pitts-Wiley (director) remixes Melville, local stories
Rudy Cabrera (actor) remixes language, experiences
49. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
Melville Scholar Wyn Kelley
on Ricardo Pitts-Wiley’s
Moby-Dick:Then and Now
50. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
• applies NML skills to classroom subjects
• first guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture
applies appropriation to English Language Arts
• innovative multimedia online/offline guide
Melville Scholar Wyn Kelley
on Ricardo Pitts-Wiley’s
Moby-Dick:Then and Now
52. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Young People, Ethics and the New Digital Media (February 2008)
www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
collaboration between NML & Harvard’s GoodPlay project
53. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Young People, Ethics and the New Digital Media (February 2008)
www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
•credibility
•identity •privacy
•participation
•ownership & authorship
collaboration between NML & Harvard’s GoodPlay project
54. Learning Library
(informal learning)
Teachers’ Strategy Guides
(formal learning)
Ethics Casebook
(with Harvard)
Young People, Ethics and the New Digital Media (February 2008)
www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
•credibility
•identity •privacy
•participation
•ownership & authorship
collaboration between NML & Harvard’s GoodPlay project
online / offline multimedia “casebook”
exploring these ethical categories
55. “long-distance collaborations across learning communities”
Learning Library (2009)
network to develop new assessment strategies
- embedded, mixed method
- NML a case study for James Paul Gee’s
21st Century Assessment Project
for Situated and Sociocultural Approaches to Learning
- locals produce their own articulations
- locals productions in conversation via NML network