We read and discussed our first article of the academic year: A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures (1996) written by The New London Group. A fascinating read and timely much needed discussion followed as we sat together around a conference table eating Alladins and discussing the following:
- We began by explaining our perceptions on the question of What is Multiliteracy? This led us into a discussion of how we understand multiliteracies from the New London article and how we understand it (as a concept) personally?
- The bulk of our discussion revolved around how multiliteracies fall within each of our programs and within our department. We discussed ideas for ways multiliteracies do and could in the future play a part of our programs—through courses, assignments, the development of new courses, a general infusion throughout the programs and department?
- We then began to tackle where we hope to see multiliteracies in our future. Through the confimration of our book list to come and dates, we all agreed to continuing this rich discussion we had just begun, so as to remain innovative in our programs and in our department by keeping up with ever changing technologies and thereby ever changing pedagogies.
of The New London Group article?
