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Computer-Mediated Discussions within a Virtual Learning Community of High School and University Students

Computer-Mediated Discussions within a Virtual Learning Community of High School and University Students

Tamara L. Jetton
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781605661209|ISBN10: 1605661201|EISBN13: 9781605661216
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-120-9.ch040
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Jetton, Tamara L. "Computer-Mediated Discussions within a Virtual Learning Community of High School and University Students." Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges, edited by Leo Tan Wee Hin and R. Subramaniam, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 633-653. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-120-9.ch040

APA

Jetton, T. L. (2009). Computer-Mediated Discussions within a Virtual Learning Community of High School and University Students. In L. Tan Wee Hin & R. Subramaniam (Eds.), Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges (pp. 633-653). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-120-9.ch040

Chicago

Jetton, Tamara L. "Computer-Mediated Discussions within a Virtual Learning Community of High School and University Students." In Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges, edited by Leo Tan Wee Hin and R. Subramaniam, 633-653. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-120-9.ch040

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Abstract

A university education professor and a high school English teacher redesigned the curricula of their classrooms, so their students could participate in a literacy project that focused on computer-mediated discussions of literature. The goal of the project was to develop both the technological literacies of these students and the more traditional literacies in the form of reading and writing skills. The Book Buddy Project afforded the author the opportunity to create a virtual learning community in which high school and university students incorporated the traditional literacies of reading and writing within a virtual environment that facilitated communication, collaboration, and learning with text.

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