EDUCATIONAL APPS RESEARCH FOR LEARNING IN YOUNG CHILDREN (EARLY)

HARNESSING TRANSMEDIA NARRATIVES FOR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT: DRAWING PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES FROM APPROACHES IN MULTIMODALITY

2019 - 2020

The project focuses on the growing ubiquity and popularity of transmedia narratives in today’s digital age. Transmedia narratives are multimodal, digital, and are the instantiations of stories, and stories-inspired content in multimedia formats such as videos, educational apps, and websites. Examples of transmedia narratives include the Dr Seuss’s series of books, which have been made into animations and apps, as well as well-known fairy tales, such as The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood, expressed in different formats across multimedia.

The objective of the research is to develop a set of pedagogical principles from the current approach to multimodality for the selection, evaluation, and use of transmedia narratives for children's literacy development.

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This project is supported by the Start Up Grant SUG-NAP 4/18 VLF at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are of the research team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institute of Education. The references to specific educational apps do not represent an endorsement of the products and serve only as illustrations of the possible types of learning experiences that can be designed.

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Principal investigator: Assistant Professor Victor Lim Fei

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Research Associate: Toh Weimin (TWM)

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Contributors: 

Jiang Jingxin (JJX), Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (NTTH), Qiao Lingling (QLL), Tan Jia Min (TJM)