I was first introduced to the New London Group in ETEC 510 when I was designing a learning environment. My group used the New London Group framework and the four processes you listed in order to frame our project. I think that one think curriculum designers must understand is that all of these processes ARE achievable in an online learning context and once educators see that this is possible, then they will begin to see how important an understanding of multiliteracies is. Before I started this program I was unsure that an online learning environment could emulate a classroom learning environment. Now that I am almost finished the program I can see that it do so and also has made me more technologically aware – I suppose more technologically literate. As we move to relying more and more on the available information and communication technology, I am hopeful that teaching multiliteracies will play a more prominent role in literacy education.
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