Working group 3
Reading and writing on screen
Reading and writing on screen
Objectives
To identify the current state of knowledge in the area across Europe and contextualise this within the international arena.
To develop a theoretical framework for understanding young children’s engagement with multimodal texts.
To identify key research questions in the field for future study.
To identify key messages for policy makers.
Original mission statement
The WG will identify the current state of knowledge on young children’s reading and writing on screen. It will synthesise research on the quality and uses of e-books and on writing and multimodal design using tablets.
The WG will consider the affordances of apps designed for this age group and identify best design principles. It will develop new theories of early reading and early writing in the digital age.
Finally, the WG will identify the future research agenda in this area and examine the implications of all of the areas investigated for policy in relation to education, parenting and the media industry.
Outputs
Working group reports
Reviews of published academic literature
Best practice guidance for parents, teachers, teacher education
Reports
Children’s reading and writing on screen – final WG3 DigiLitEY meeting (PDF, 755KB)
Young children’s reading on screen: a report for the industry (PDF, 530KB)
WG3 agenda for Prague – 7 November (PDF, 227KB)
WG3 report from Cyprus meeting – 17 March 2016 (PDF, 182KB)
WG3 report from meeting in Tallinn, Estonia – October 2015 (PDF, 271KB)
Resources
Agency and embodiment in children’s transactions with story apps (PDF, 6MB)
Background music and content expansion (PDF, 1.8MB)
Apps for young children across four European countries (PDF, 357KB)
Content analysis across Europe (PDF, 456KB)
Revisiting the question of e-book quality as early language and literacy support (PDF, 1.9KB)
Digital books for young children (0–8) in Dutch (PDF, 2MB)
Digital content analysis (PDF, 1.2MB)
Children’s interactions with iPad books – research chapters still to be written
Hebrew e-books to handbook (XLSX, 13KB)
E-reading content in Norway (PDF, 120KB)
Overview of children’s digital books in Portugal (PDF, 1MB)
Which digital books work best in the classroom?
How do parents choose apps for their children? (PDF, 296KB)
Dutch digital books for young children (PDF, 1.8MB)
How to choose apps for children
Picture storybooks go digital: pros and cons (PDF, 168KB)
