Literacy

Joachim Vlieghe

User Empowerment is...

Individual (Cummins)

•Take control •Feel responsible

Social•Become aware•Collaborate•Take social action•Enforce social change

User Empowerment is...

Individual (Cummins)

•Take control •Feel responsible

Social•Become aware•Collaborate•Take social action•Enforce social change

Literacy is…

Social construction in social environment

Multiple multiliteracies (New London Group)

Interrelated interliteracies?

Literacy is…

Social construction in social environment

Multiple multiliteracies (New London Group)

Interrelated interliteracies?

Literacy is…

Social construction in social environment

Multiple multiliteracies (New London Group)

Interrelated interliteracies?

Literacy is…

Social construction in social environment

Multiple multiliteracies (New London Group, 1996)

Interrelated interliteracies?

Literacy is…Tool or “equipment for living”

Media/symbol using (Burke)

Interaction, communication, meaning-making…

Medium is the Message (McLuhan)

Screen, selection of reality, way of seeing (Burke)

Literacy is…Tool or “equipment for living”

Media/symbol using (Burke)

Interaction, communication, meaning-making…

Medium is the Message (McLuhan)

Screen, selection of reality, way of seeing (Burke)

Literacy is…Tool or “equipment for living”

Media/symbol using (Burke)

Interaction, communication, meaning-making…

Medium is the Message (McLuhan)

Screen, selection of reality, way of seeing (Burke)

Literacy is…Tool or “equipment for living”

Media/symbol using (Burke)

Interaction, communication, meaning-making…

Medium is the Message (McLuhan)

Screen, selection of reality, way of seeing (Burke)

Literacy is…Tool or “equipment for living”

Media/symbol using (Burke)

Interaction, communication, meaning-making…

Medium is the Message (McLuhan)

Screen, selection of reality, way of seeing (Burke)

Literacy is…Tool or “equipment for living”

Media/symbol using (Burke)

Interaction, communication, meaning-making…

Medium is the Message (McLuhan)

Media properties (Willinsky)

Screen, selection of reality, way of seeing (Burke)

Social media are…

Technological tools (Rodman)

Participatory content production (Jenkins)

Adaptable (users) / adaptive (designers)

Scenes for human (inter)action

Potential affinity spaces (Gee)

Common endeavor, different purpose

Contact zones (Pratt)

Social media are…

Technological tools (Rodman)

Participatory content production (Jenkins)

Adaptable (users) / adaptive (designers)

Scenes for human (inter)action

Potential affinity spaces (Gee)

Common endeavor, different purpose

Contact zones (Pratt)

Social media are…

Technological tools (Rodman)

Participatory content production (Jenkins)

Adaptable (users) / adaptive (designers)

Scenes for human (inter)action

Potential affinity spaces (Gee)

Common endeavor, different purpose

Contact zones (Pratt)

Social media are…

Technological tools (Rodman)

Participatory content production (Jenkins)

Adaptable (users) / adaptive (designers)

Scenes for human (inter)action

Potential affinity spaces (Gee)

Common endeavor, different purpose

Contact zones (Pratt)

Social media are…

Technological tools (Rodman)

Participatory content production (Jenkins)

Adaptable (users) / adaptive (designers)

Scenes for human (inter)action

Potential affinity spaces (Gee)

Common endeavor, different purpose

Contact zones (Pratt)

SCENEACT

PURPOSE

AGENCY

AGENT

Searching for sense

• How is the digital culture changing rhetorical practice?o Rules

(e.g.: remix vs. intellectual property, procedures…)o Algorithms

(e.g.: user interface, modding, …)

• How are digital media re-inventing education?

• Which terministic screens/perspectives are present in a given situation?o Representation (symbols-using)o Interpretation (meaning-making)

Searching for sense

• How is the digital culture changing rhetorical practice?o Rules

(e.g.: remix vs. intellectual property, procedures…)o Algorithms

(e.g.: user interface, modding, …)

• How are digital media re-inventing education?

• Which terministic screens/perspectives are present in a given situation?o Representation (symbols-using)o Interpretation (meaning-making)

Searching for sense

• How is the digital culture changing rhetorical practice?o Rules

(e.g.: remix vs. intellectual property, procedures…)o Algorithms

(e.g.: user interface, modding, …)

• How are digital media re-inventing education?

• Which terministic screens/perspectives are present in a given situation?o Representation (symbols-using)o Interpretation (meaning-making)

Searching for sense

• How is the digital culture changing rhetorical practice?o Rules

(e.g.: remix vs. intellectual property, procedures…)o Algorithms

(e.g.: user interface, modding, …)

• How are digital media re-inventing education?

• Which terministic screens/perspectives are present in a given situation?o Representation (symbols-using)o Interpretation (meaning-making)

Searching for sense

• How is the digital culture changing rhetorical practice?o Rules

(e.g.: remix vs. intellectual property, procedures…)o Algorithms

(e.g.: user interface, modding, …)

• How are digital media re-inventing education?

• Which terministic screens/perspectives are present in a given situation?o Representation (symbols-using)o Interpretation (meaning-making)