Transmedia Literacy. Exploiting transmedia skills and informal learning strategies to improve formal education

Study details

Year:	2018
Scope:	Multinational
Countries:	Italy; United Kingdom; Spain; Portugal; Finland; Other
Methodology:	Empirical research – Qualitative
Methods of data collection:	Survey; Interview; Focus group; Media diaries
Researched Groups:	Children
Children Ages:	Pre-adolescents (11-13 Years old); Adolescents (14-18 Years old)
Funder:	Europan Union Horizon 2020
Funder Types:	European Union / Commission
Informed Consent:	Consent not mentioned
URL:	https://transmedialiteracy.org/
Data Set Availability:	Not mentioned

Goals

The main objectives of the Transmedia Literacy research project were: • to contribute to a better understanding of how teens are consuming, producing, sharing, creating and learning in digital environments; • to create a map of transmedia skills and informal learning strategies used by teenage boys and girls to identify how these can be “exploited” in the formal education system; • to go beyond the identification of skills/strategies and propose a Teacher’s Kit that any teacher can download, adapt and apply in the classroom.

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Orig. title: Adolescentes, medios de comunicación y culturas colaborativas. Aprovechando las competencias transmedia de los jóvenes en el aula

Engl. transl.: Adolescents, media and collaborative cultures. Taking advantage of young people's transmedia competences in the classroom.

Orig. title: Transmedia literacy in the new media ecology: Teens’ transmedia skills and informal learning strategies

Engl. transl.: Transmedia literacy in the new media ecology: Teens’ transmedia skills and informal learning strategies

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