Children's and Young People's Digital Literacies in Virtual Online Spaces
Researcher
Professor Guy Merchant
Partner organisations
Lancaster University (Julia Gillen) and University of Sheffield (Julia Davies and Jackie Marsh)
Project date
2009-2010
ESRC-funded seminar series and conference on young people's literacies in virtual spaces
This seminar series and dissemination conference provided a forum for key national and international researchers in digital literacies to explore how children and young people are developing meaning-making practices in online virtual worlds and related spaces.
The aims were to investigate children's digital literacy practices in virtual worlds, online massive multiplayer online games and alternate or mixed-reality learning environments. We explored ways of exploiting opportunities for literacy educators. You can read more about the series on our partner Lancaster University's pages.
Funder
Economic and Social Research Council
Document links
Virtual Literacies: Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People (Routledge) (edited by Guy Merchant, Julia Gillen, Jackie Marsh, Julia Davies)
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