ERIC Number: ED579485
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Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 8
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Multimodal Teaching and Learning with the Use of Technology: Meanings, Practices and Discourses
Papageorgiou, Vasiliki; Lameras, Petros
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (14th, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, Oct 18-20, 2017)
The aim of this paper is to report on teachers' experiences of, and approaches to, multimodality in teaching and learning. A small-scale online survey with closed and semi-structured questions has been deployed to school and university teachers (n = 68) for eliciting their experiences in multimodal teaching and learning. Thematic analysis has been adopted as the overarching methodology for reporting patterns in the data from the survey. The results from the analysis showed that experiences of multimodality are discerned as: (1) imparting information, (2) enacting collaborative learning and (3) preparing students for exploring concepts. The process of meaning making is exemplified through a developmental progression from more teacher-directed modes through oral, written and visual representations to more student-centered through gestural representations as means of connecting and combining different modes triggered via visual communication, collaboration and exploration. [The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Erasmus + programme, Key Action 2 Strategic Partnerships under grant agreement 2016-1-FR01-KA204-024178, STEAM project. For the complete proceedings, see ED579395.]
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Online Surveys, Teaching Experience, Learning Modalities, Information Dissemination, Cooperative Learning, Inquiry, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teachers, College Faculty, Intention
International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; Finland; Denmark
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