[ecrea] call for proposals - Language, Literacy and Technology

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

*Volume 3 - Asia Pacific Education: Language, Literacy and Technology*

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*Volume editors:* Dr Julie Faulkner and Dr Katrina Tour

*Publisher*: Monash University Publishing


Education in Asia Pacific countries is being transformed by 
globalisation and the market economy. Most economies within the region 
have flourished due to increased regional capital flow, trade and other 
forms of economic and political interaction. The Asia Pacific also has 
rich and unique traditions, which create cultural diversity as well as 
common challenges, including difference of language and geography.


This volume examines language and literacy learning with digital 
technologies in Asia-Pacific area. Within the field of language and 
literacy education, two recent views of the relationships among 
language, literacy and technology are: (1) use of technologies requires 
sophisticated digital literacies and (2) digital spaces and digital 
literacies provide numerous opportunities for language and literacy 
learning (Hafner, Chik & Jones, 2015). However, we know that such 
possibilities are not available to all, and the ‘messiness’ of digital 
technology needs to be acknowledged (Bigum, 1995; Selwyn, 2011). 
Rhetoric around digital potentials often sits uneasily within the daily 
lives of learners in formal learning settings. Policy statements in 
relation to the learning power of the digital can be at odds with the 
realities of learning settings. Similarly, the digital divide describes 
deep access and equity issues across, and within, countries.

This volume aims to explore contextual *diversity, challenges and 
changes *surrounding these experiences, both in formal and informal 
learning contexts in Asia-Pacific countries. The volume provides a space 
for researchers in the Asia-Pacific area to present their *empirical 
work* and discuss how these issues influence and shape language and 
literacy learning with digital technologies in this particular region.

Areas of interest for contributions to this book include, but are not 
limited to, the following topics:


·New models of language curriculum in the 21^st century

·Digital technologies and language pedagogies

·Tensions and synergies between formal and informal literacy learning 
contexts

·Social media and learner identity

·Games and literacy

·Digital participation and production

·Opportunities and challenges of web-based language tools

·Critical standpoints on digital literacy policy and practice

·Digital and multimodal literacy assessment

·Issues of equity and access to digital literacies

·Future perspectives on digital theory and practice


To indicate your interest, submit a 200-word abstract and a 70-word bio 
by the 15th of March to (Julie.Faulkner /at/ monash.edu) 
<mailto:(Julie.Faulkner /at/ monash.edu)>.


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*Important dates:*

Abstracts:  March 15, 2017

Notification of acceptance: March, 31, 2017

Full draft: September 1, 2017






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