STUDIES ON E-LEARNING, LITERACY IN MEANS, LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Keywords:
e-learning, technological literacy, sociocritical approach, Higher education.Abstract
This article reviews the concept of e-learning and an overview of major trends in critical technological literacy practices that concern as a framework for analysis of what makes schools and universities with communication, culture, youth scope and innovative educational activity, and what is its projection in contemporary society. It is based on the current New Literacy Studies (NLS) and the visual turn. They are: change of texts and practices, technological literacy practices in formal and informal education, new cultural forms and innovation and change technologically mediated, and how they enter in social and university educational practices.Downloads
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