“It’s easier to read on the Internet—you just click on what you want to read…” |
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Authors: | Maria Rasmusson Monica Eklund |
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Institution: | 1. The Department of Education, Mid Sweden University, SE-871 88, H?rn?sand, Sweden 2. Halmstad University, Box 823, SE-301 18, Halmstad, Sweden
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Abstract: | Today’s youth spend a lot of time on the Internet where they meet a multimodal world. The focus in the present study has been on the skills and abilities needed for on-line reading. This study explores reading on the Internet, with pairs of Swedish students aged 10 and 15. The pairs completed tasks on the Internet and these sessions were video-taped. Five main categories of skills and abilities were found: traditional literacy, multimodal literacy, path-finding, IT abilities, and information abilities. The results support earlier research in the field at large, and also add to the literature on on-line reading, in areas such as the crucial need for the ability to spell and knowing web address conventions in English. |
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