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Student Literacy And The Effect Of Digital Writing, Catherine Mcdonald, Amanda Hill
Student Literacy And The Effect Of Digital Writing, Catherine Mcdonald, Amanda Hill
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Research Question:
Our research question had three components:
- What is the effect of teaching the production of online texts?
- What is the effect of teaching the analysis of digital literacies?
- How do students assess the effect of studying self-sponsored digital literacies?
Method: Our methodology was a qualitative study using ethnographic techniques, or more specifically, ethnographic writing research. Wendy Bishop explains this research methodology (Bishop, 1999).While ethnography is a phenomenological method of participating in a culture and giving an account of it as experienced by native members, ethnographic writing research is a less intensive study of the literacy practices …