10 - Media literacy and digital media in the ELT classroom

concerned with ways of using media sensibly

concerned with the functions, effects, and forms of utilizing media in teaching and learning scenarios

knowledge about all media across the media repertoire and basic technological competences

entails the analysis and exploration of issues relevant to media education as well as to media socialization across all age groups

attributes of the constructed message

• author

• content

• format

• purpose

• audience

• linguistic diversity

• multimodal forms of linguistic expression and representation

• communication

• information literacy

• visualizaton

• presentation

• analysis and reflection

… bridge the gap between students’ everyday and school life

… be used productively as well as creatively

… offer diverse perspectives and cater to a negotiation of meaning

… offer opportunities for collaborations as well as for self-directed and autonomous learning

regressive! -> falling back into behaviorist learning strategies?

The best of both worlds?

-> Präsenzlernen / E-Learning

• Primary media (no use of technology necessary)

• Secondary media (technology needed for production)

• Tertiary media (technology needed for production and recepetion)

• Quaternary media (technical mediation of distribution necessary)

limitation of options and a regression of teaching (e.g. behaviorist learning apps)

-> extension of choices and options