Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges
Digital games offer opportunities for the youths development of multimodal literacy required in the technology-driven world. However, both digital games and multimodal literacy are undervalued in rural contexts characterized by migrant parents and leftbehind children. This qualitative case study con...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Transnational Press London
2023
|
| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108430/1/108430.pdf |
| _version_ | 1825939625883992064 |
|---|---|
| author | Shen, Yanan Ab Jalil, Habibah Jamaluddin, Rahimah |
| author_facet | Shen, Yanan Ab Jalil, Habibah Jamaluddin, Rahimah |
| author_sort | Shen, Yanan |
| collection | UPM |
| description | Digital games offer opportunities for the youths development of multimodal literacy required in the technology-driven world. However, both digital games and multimodal literacy are undervalued in rural contexts characterized by migrant parents and leftbehind children. This qualitative case study conceptualized systematic guidance to foster students multimodal literacy through digital games and trialled its possibilities and challenges in enhancing left-behind children of migrant workers in a suburban school. Sixteen student participants engaged in critical game analysis and game video design in a 16-session classroom-based program, with the guidance of the researchers and two local teachers. Multiple data-collection methods were applied to capture students learning progress aligned with the teachers perceptions. Thematic analysis and multimodal analysis were utilized to process data. The findings indicate that this instructional approach deepened and broadened the students critical viewing and application of multimodal texts and enhanced their proficiency in leveraging digital tools for multimodal communication. The challenges include students varied competencies and motivation, time constraints, and limited access to digital devices. We advocate for integrating DGBL in literacy classrooms, thus catering to left-home students demands and social needs in the digital age. Meanwhile, joint efforts are necessitated to address perennial challenges in this education reform and inequities within the process. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-09T02:20:21Z |
| format | Article |
| id | upm.eprints-108430 |
| institution | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-09T02:20:21Z |
| publishDate | 2023 |
| publisher | Transnational Press London |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | upm.eprints-1084302024-10-23T06:54:55Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108430/ Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges Shen, Yanan Ab Jalil, Habibah Jamaluddin, Rahimah Digital games offer opportunities for the youths development of multimodal literacy required in the technology-driven world. However, both digital games and multimodal literacy are undervalued in rural contexts characterized by migrant parents and leftbehind children. This qualitative case study conceptualized systematic guidance to foster students multimodal literacy through digital games and trialled its possibilities and challenges in enhancing left-behind children of migrant workers in a suburban school. Sixteen student participants engaged in critical game analysis and game video design in a 16-session classroom-based program, with the guidance of the researchers and two local teachers. Multiple data-collection methods were applied to capture students learning progress aligned with the teachers perceptions. Thematic analysis and multimodal analysis were utilized to process data. The findings indicate that this instructional approach deepened and broadened the students critical viewing and application of multimodal texts and enhanced their proficiency in leveraging digital tools for multimodal communication. The challenges include students varied competencies and motivation, time constraints, and limited access to digital devices. We advocate for integrating DGBL in literacy classrooms, thus catering to left-home students demands and social needs in the digital age. Meanwhile, joint efforts are necessitated to address perennial challenges in this education reform and inequities within the process. Transnational Press London 2023-08 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108430/1/108430.pdf Shen, Yanan and Ab Jalil, Habibah and Jamaluddin, Rahimah (2023) Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges. Migration Letters, 20 (5). pp. 469-486. ISSN 1741-8984; eISSN: 1741-8992 https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/3993/2737 10.59670/ml.v20i5.3993 |
| spellingShingle | Shen, Yanan Ab Jalil, Habibah Jamaluddin, Rahimah Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges |
| title | Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges |
| title_full | Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges |
| title_short | Using digital game-based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left-behind children of migrant workers: possibilities and challenges |
| title_sort | using digital game based learning to foster multimodal literacy in left behind children of migrant workers possibilities and challenges |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108430/1/108430.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT shenyanan usingdigitalgamebasedlearningtofostermultimodalliteracyinleftbehindchildrenofmigrantworkerspossibilitiesandchallenges AT abjalilhabibah usingdigitalgamebasedlearningtofostermultimodalliteracyinleftbehindchildrenofmigrantworkerspossibilitiesandchallenges AT jamaluddinrahimah usingdigitalgamebasedlearningtofostermultimodalliteracyinleftbehindchildrenofmigrantworkerspossibilitiesandchallenges |