MDL 615 - Engaging Digital Literacies and Multimodal Expression

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite or corequisite: MDL 510 Learning Digitally in the 21st Century and MDL 515 Digital Learning Principles and Practices

Students explore the relationship between digital technologies, literacies and identity in digital learning environments. We will look at the ways that digital tools and techniques are redefining what it means to engage in literacy practices to read, write, and represent the world, and the implications of these shifts for digital learning design. We will approach these questions through critical praxis, exploring a variety of forms of multimodal expression and the tools for their creation. Through hands-on multimodal engagement with processes such as digital storytelling, story mapping, audiovisual essays, virtual reality and podcasting, students will have opportunities to analyze the design and place of multimodal activities and assignments in digital learning environments. Key learning outcomes: Students identify forms of digital literacy and can construct multimodal learning objects engaging visual, audio, textual, and spatial elements.