Abstract

Since reading and writing digitally demand partially different competencies, there is a change in some of the premises of related educational practices. This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of educational reading practices by scrutinizing how literacy events evolve in a digital classroom where each student has a personal digital device (1:1), iPads in this study. Our study is grounded in sociocultural theories of learning and focuses on the structuring resources utilized by students, namely the notion of multiple ongoing activities and the ways in which specific resources take precedence in shaping these activities. One class of 13-14 year-old students was studied for a week across several subjects through video-recordings and observations. The findings imply that the students moved among vast array of reading practices. However, the main structuring resource is a strong focus on task-solving and the practice of schooling, which mainly builds on principles emanating from traditional text. It is only occasionally that structuring resources that also include the opportunities associated with digital technology are utilized. This indicates the importance of further studies on how educational practices could be organized to scaffold the basis of traditional reading comprehension as well as other approaches required in digital environments.

Citation

Molin, L. & Lantz-Andersson, A. (2016). Significant Structuring Resources in the Reading Practices of a Digital Classroom. Journal of Information Technology Education, 15(1), 131-156. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/192873/.

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Keywords

• case studies
• chemistry
• Classroom Techniques
• Content Area Reading
• Educational Change
• Educational Practices
• educational resources
• Electronic Classrooms
• electronic learning
• English Instruction
• ethnography
• Foreign Countries
• Handheld Devices
• History Instruction
• Learning Activities
• Mathematics Instruction
• Middle School Students
• Participant Observation
• Qualitative Research
• reading comprehension
• Resource Allocation
• Suburban Schools
• Swedish
• Technology Uses in Education