Book Review Editor
Diane Martinez / Western Carolina University
ROLE book reviews focus on books associated with multiple literacies, most especially digital and critical literacies, as well as books on online teaching and learning.
Diane Martinez / Western Carolina University
ROLE book reviews focus on books associated with multiple literacies, most especially digital and critical literacies, as well as books on online teaching and learning.
Fighting Fake News! Teaching Critical Thinking and Media Literacy in a Digital Age
By Brian C. Housand Reviewed by Remington Jones “Fighting Fake News! Teaching Critical Thinking and Media Literacy in a Digital Age offers pedagogical strategies and techniques for educators who want to ensure their students are well equipped to find and evaluate trustworthy information in the modern world.” Read the review. |
Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy
By Belinha S. de Abreu with Victor Tome Reviewed by Joni Boone “Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy examines the importance of mobile learning in education and how digital media literacy is a critical component of its success.” Read the review. |
Foundations of Multiliteracies: Reading, Writing and Talking in the 21st Century
By Michéle Anstey and Geoff Bull Reviewed by James Hamby “In their book, Foundations of Multiliteracies: Reading, Writing and Talking in the 21st Century, Michéle Anstey and Geoff Bull explore the ways in which literacy educators need to expand their curriculum to include not just digital mediums, but to consider cultural practices in reading and writing, interpersonal communication skills, and the types of texts that may be utilized in teaching literacy.” Read the review. |
Digitalization and Society
By Bünyamin Ayhan Reviewed by Joshua Welsh “Digitalization and Society is an edited collection that covers a broad range of topics involving digital technologies and their effects on society.” Read the review. |
Hacking Education in a Digital Age: Teacher Education, Curriculum, and Literacies
Bryan Smith, Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, Linda Radford, Sarah Smitherman Pratt, Editors Reviewed by Jarred Worley “The essays in this collection argue that with the ubiquity of technology in our society and the danger posed by articulating students as future workers only worth the skills they acquire, educators must seek to radically hack education to create more meaningful curricula.” Read the review. |
Augmented Intelligence: Smart Systems and the Future of Work and Learning
By Daniel Araya Reviewed by Joni Boone “Technology is a powerful force in the workplace and education, and understanding the role of augmented intelligence (AI) – using technology to complement rather than replace human intelligence– may help to alleviate some concerns for the future in the computational age.” Read the review. |
Going Online: Perspectives on Digital Learning
By Robert Ubell Reviewed by Kurtis Clements “Well-known online learning scholar Robert Ubell’s Going Online: Perspectives on Digital Learning provides readers with a balanced and researched discussion of the nature of online learning and issues related to making the transition.” Read the review. |
International Handbook of Media Literacy Education
by Belinha S. De Abreu, Paul Mihailidis, Alice Y.L. Lee, Jad Melki, and Julian McDougall (Eds.). Reviewed by Drew Virtue “The International Handbook of Media Literacy Education offers a broad perspective of media literacy as it relates to media, education, and daily life.” Read the review. |
Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe: Cross-Country Comparisons
by Divina Frau-Meigs, Irma Velez, and Julieta Flores Michel (Eds.). Reviewed by Drew Virtue “Public Policies in Media and Information Literacy in Europe: Cross-Country Comparisons pursues an ambitious goal of analyzing media and information literacy (MIL) among 28 countries in Europe. While most edited collections center readings around a thematic topic, this edited collection goes further by offering a related group of readings that conducts a comprehensive, mixed-methods study about media and literacy information.” Read the review. |