Literacy and You in a Digital Age. ICEM-CIME 2009 Conference (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 6-8, 2009)
Author: McTaggart, Alex, Comp.
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Subjects: Instructional Design,Video Games,Distance Education,Educational Media,Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Visual Literacy,Archives,Information Technology,Undergraduate Students,Blended Learning,Information Literacy,Experimental Groups,Case Studies,Social Networks,Electronic Libraries,Surveys,Workshops,Handheld Devices,Check Lists

International Council for Educational Media-Conseil International des Medias Educatifs (ICEM-CIME) brings together experts from the fields of education, media, IT, and educational media production. Since its formation in 1950, the organization has witnessed and contributed to educational media in an international forum. The 2009 ICEM conference &quot;Literacy and You in a Digital Age&quot; has brought international and local expertise to bear on the possibilities presented by media in promoting and developing literacy and knowledge. The paper sessions vary from all aspects of digital learning such as the pilot distance learning Project (simultaneous video link) between the Madinat Zayed and Ruwais colleges of the Higher Colleges of Technology--separated by some 180 km of sand desert; the integration of digital archives to improve undergraduates work in Taiwan; and a study of 10th grade boys' literacy attainment with video games in the USA to the pioneering steps in ICT in Mozambique. The following are included in the 2009 proceedings: (1) Information, Knowledge and Digital Learning: A Post-Modern Approach (Constantine Andoniou); (2) A Conceptual Model for Small Screens: A Case of Design, Redesign and Application in the Context of an Outdoor Educational Activity (Daniel Churchill); (3) The Use of Technology to Support Learning at Higher Colleges of Technology (Ghassan Frache); (4) Integrating Literacy through Video Games (Hannah R. Gerber); (5) Digital Play and Social Network Services (Hannah R. Gerber); (6) Can Commercially Produced Blended Materials Be Globally Successfully? (Jonathan Turner); (7) Using a Web 2.0 Application for Communicating with Students during Work Experience--the Tawasul Experience (John Raven and Karen O'Donnell); (8) Digital PR Efforts in the Library (Laszlo Czegledi); (9) Applying Digital Archives in Undergraduates' Inquiry Learning: Evaluating Their Effectiveness (Lin Ching Chen and Yaw-Huei Chen); (10) Distance Education in Mozambique and the Digital Age (Maria Jose Loureiro and Antonio Domingues Franque); (11) The Digital Age: Students and Teachers' Perspectives: A Case Study in Portugal (Maria Jose Loureiro and Antonio Moreira); (12) Promoting Digital Literacy through Instruction on Reading and Understanding Multiple Sources of Information (Monica Macedo-Rouet, Jean-Francois Rouet, Rosa Maria Zepeda, Antonine Goumi, and Jean Michel Perron); (13) Evaluation of Instructional Design Using Bayesian Belief Networks (Munir El Kadi and Vive Kumar); (14) Digital Literacy and the Future Society: Preparing Teachers for the Classroom 2.0 (Myint Swe Khine, Anthony Hill, and Nagla Ali); (15) Increasing Effectiveness in Online Interactive Teaching and Learning Materials (Philip Toews and Ken Beatty); (16) What We Can Learn from Visual Literacy Studies: A Checklist and Model for Developing Digital Learning Material (Rudi W. de Lange and Tsekelo P. Moremoholo); (17) A Survey of Popular Science Media Usage among the Public in Taiwan (Mei-Hsueh Yang and Nai-tzu Chen); (18) ICEM 2009 Plenary Session: Web 2.0 Technology and Digital Literacy (Marina Stock McIsaac and Chih-Hsiung-Tu); and (19) Workshop--How to Design Successful Educational Videos (Jack Koumi). (Individual papers contain figures, tables, and references.)