<\/strong>Professor at Ontario Tech University, Faculty of Education.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am a\u00a0Professor in Digital Literacies at Ontario Tech University where I teach and conduct\u00a0research in the Faculty of Education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2015-2025 I was Canada Research Chair in Technology and Pedagogy and Professor in Digital Literacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My research and teaching interests include: critical digital literacies, digital making, adolescent literacies and identity, writing and digital media, new literacies and conceptualizations of learning, and digital citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Digital literacies encompass all conceptions of engaging in meaning-making, mediated by texts that are read, received, interpreted, produced and distributed through digital means. I am particularly interested in how digital media enable users to teach, learn, connect, collaborate, communicate, critique, create and promote social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visit Janette’s personal website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Laura Morrison Dr. Laura Morrison is an Assistant Professor at Ontario Tech University. Laura completed her Master of Arts at Ontario Tech with a focus on the impact of digital literacies skills development in the language learning process. She also completed her Education Doctorate at the University of Calgary with a focus on promising practices associated with online pre-service teacher education. Her favourite ways to communicate are through poetry, narrative and image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tess Butler-Ulrich Tess graduated from the Bachelor of Education program at Ontario Tech University in<\/em> December 2020 after receiving an undergraduate psychology degree from Nipissing University in 2017 where she spent time as a research assistant in a cognitive aging lab. As of January 2021, she began graduate studies at Ontario Tech University and is working towards a Master of Arts in Education under the supervision of Dr. Janette Hughes. Tess works as a research assistant in the STEAM-3D Maker Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her research and academic interests include digital literacies and citizenship, STEM\/STEAM education, digital tools for activism and empowerment, and environmental education \u2013 especially the intersection between the environment and digital technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Devin Flynn Devin graduated from the Bachelor of Education program at Ontario Tech University in December 2020 after completing a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science, Life Science, minoring in Forensic Psychology at Ontario Tech University. In September 2021, he began graduate studies at Ontario Tech University. Devin works as a research assistant in the STEAM 3D Maker lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His research and academic interests involve STEAM education, bridging the digital divide, leveraging technologies to better support marginalized students, particularly LGBTQ2S+ students, and digital literacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Janette HughesProfessor at Ontario Tech University, Faculty of Education. I am a\u00a0Professor in Digital Literacies at Ontario Tech University where I teach and conduct\u00a0research in the Faculty of Education. In 2015-2025 I was Canada Research Chair in Technology and … Continue reading
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