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Multimodal meaning making

Course details

University Name
The Open University
Department
Department of Languages
Course Title
Multimodal meaning making
Qualification, duration, mode
PhD 36FT 72PT variableDL*MPhil 15FT 24PT variableDL
Months of entry
October
Entry requirements
PhD: The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree, relevant to the proposed area of study, from a recognised higher education institution in the UK. You should also have experience of academic research in the previous four years, normally in the form of either a master's degree in research methods, an undergraduate degree with a research element in the final year, or work-related experience with evidence through research reports. If you're not sure if you meet the entry requirements, please contact us (research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk).
MPhil: see http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Funding
Please see The Open University website http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Course description
A key topic in the Language and Literacies Research Cluster within the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) is multimodal meaning making. There is a strong and growing interest in how people make meaning not just through language, but through a range of resources. We use the term 'multimodality' to encompass diverse ways of communicating such as gesture, gaze, artefacts and language in face-to-face interaction, and images, layout, sounds, colour and language in print and digital media. Underpinning this innovative work is a critical theoretical approach, and the development of new research methodologies, including visual research methods, multimodal analysis of visual and dynamic data, and combinations of ethnographic and applied linguistic approaches. Our research covers all education sectors, from early years to post-compulsory education and informal learning, as well as media culture and public debate. Particular foci include:

- The potentials of new digital media to reshape knowledge, literacy, learning and teaching.
- Critical reflection on the assumptions about knowledge and learning that underlie the use of digital technologies in education, and on how changing technology relates to broader social, economic and cultural factors.
- The cultural, social and relational nature of multimodal communication and learning.
- Multimodal dialogue and argumentation.
- Foreign language learning with online tools such as virtual learning environments and synchronous audio and videoconferencing.
- The semiotics of multimodal environments and cultural practices.
- The interdependence of multimodal and intercultural communicative competence and the emergence of online learning cultures in telecollaboration.
- Multimodal meaning in public relations, marketing and advertising.
Contact name
Mrs Anne Forward
Telephone
+44 (0)1908 655364
Email
creet-student-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/

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