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New Literacies: Multimodal, Situated Practice

1998 - 2006

During the New Literacies period, research reframed literacy as a suite of multimodal, information-rich competencies inseparable from digital environments. Studies treat literacy as a situated social practice that traverses home, community, and school, shaped by funds of knowledge and everyday discourses rather than isolated skills. Bridging approaches gain prominence as out-of-school literacies knit with classroom pedagogy, highlighting collaborative learning, critical inquiry, and culturally aware design in instructional contexts.

Digital and information literacies are treated as integrated, multimodal competencies central to learning in the information age, not mere skill lists. These works argue for a redefined literacy that spans information resources, media, and classroom practice in a digital culture [1], [16], [5], [18], [11], [19], [14].

Literacy is conceptualized as situated social practice spanning home, community, and school, with 'funds of knowledge' and Discourse shaping how students navigate academic and everyday literacies. This cross-context lens appears in New Times, Third Space work, and local-context critiques of autonomous models [10], [20], [2], [9], [3], [13].

Literacy is understood as critical, culturally aware practice that foregrounds marginalized groups, gender and youth cultures, and resistance narratives. Studies examine hidden literacies, popular culture repertoires, and adolescent literacies as legitimate forms of knowledge [8], [4], [7], [12], [6].

Bridging approaches connect out-of-school literacies with classroom pedagogy, foregrounding community, media, and everyday literacies in instructional design and teacher education [13], [7], [19], [15].

Multiliteraties and Digital Literacies

2007 - 2013

Critical Digital Literacies

2014 - 2016

Posthuman Multiliteracies

2017 - 2023