New learning environments and the multiliterate individual : a framework for educators

Being literate in today's society and in the future is more than just being able to read and write the written word. With advances in technology and the inclusion of technology in educational settings students are reading and viewing an increasingly complex and diverse range of multimodal texts. Literacy and learning in these new environments requires students to be multiliterate. This paper presents a curriculum framework for new learning environments to assist teachers to develop pedagogical practices for the multiliterate student, the case for the use of metalanguages in the implementation of this framework, and an example of the use of the curriculum framework with a Year 6 class.