W8 Q1 | Discussion

Research on students’ online reading strategies (e.g., Coiro) is just one of a series of important but complex and controversial topics that educational researchers have investigated in the educational technology sub-field of technology, literacy, and new literacies (e.g., Mills, Tierney). Choose ONE of the research articles (e.g., Mills, Tierney, Coiro) and ONE of the news articles (e.g., Allcott, Rich) that highlight the literacy debates raging in the 21st century. Drawing on the articles you chose, critically reflect on the ‘literacies’ you feel students need to develop to work in modern day work environments. Provide evidence from the readings to support your points. Feel free to draw on empirical evidence from these readings in addition to other studies with which you may be familiar.