Literacies VICKY DUCKWORTH Edge Hill University, United Kingdom GORDON ADE-OJO University of Greenwich, United Kingdom This special issue of the International journal of multidisciplinary comparative studies (IJMCS) is drawn from the papers presented at the week-long Research Workshop, run by Literacy Research and Development Centre (LRDC) at the University of Greenwich. The papers were accompa...

This study aimed to investigate the use of iPads as a learning tool for college-level EFL students and to explore these language learners’ perceptions of iPad reading. Drawn from an intermediate EFL reading class, three students with limited experiences of iPad reading participated in this study. Data from weekly journals and interviews showed that the iPads’ palm size, light weight, and access...

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This study addresses the urgent need to develop innovative pedagogies that build upon and enhance digital literacies representational practices of culturally linguistically diverse youth from refugee backgrounds. In Canadian high schools, this population students enter school with varying levels literacy in their first language(s), as well potentially difficult experiences due forced migration....

Over the last few decades, digital technologies have driven deep and profound changes in our relationships with our institutions, communications, and cultures.This process is not only ongoing but also accelerating. For the children who will inevitably grow up in this environment of change, we have done little to update the institution of education. The field of design has a great deal to offer ...