Research
in Digital Literacy
We're creating new knowledge! A sample of scholarly research and professional publications featuring or inspired by the URI Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
Julie Coiro, Renee Hobbs, their students and their colleagues have published work based on their experiences at the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
Using evidence from the help desk incident log and post-event qualitative interviews, this research deepens understanding of what teacher professional development can look like in online environments to deepen a sense of community connectedness for educators who faced a dramatic pivot to online learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Salome Apkhazishvili, Serene Arena & Renee Hobbs
Media Literacy in Action
"Renee Hobbs created a textbook to introduce readers to the inquiry pedagogy of media literacy. www.mlaction.com
Renee Hobbs
Mind Over Media
Hobbs, R. (2020). Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age. New York: W.W. Norton. www.mindovermedia.us
Renee Hobbs
Measuring Digital & Media Literacy Competencies
Hobbs, R. (2017). Measuring the digital and media literacy competencies of children and teens. In Fran C. Blumberg and Patricia J. Brooks (Eds.), Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts (pp. 253 – 274). London: Academic Press.
Renee Hobbs
Instructional Design Features of the
Summer Institute
Hobbs, R., & Coiro, J. (2019). Design Features of a Professional Development Program in Digital Literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 62(4), 401-409.
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Julie Coiro & Renee Hobbs
Ethical Practices
Hobbs, R. (2020). Ethical practices. In K Turner (Ed.), The ethics of digital literacy: Developing knowledge and skills across grade levels. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
Renee Hobbs
Experiences in Digital Video Composition
Kauppinen, M., Kiili, C., & Coiro, J. (2018). Experiences in digital video composition as sources of self-efficacy toward technology use. International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society (IJSEUS), 9(1), 1-12.
Julie Coiro et al
From Curiosity to Deep Learning
Coiro, J., Dobler, E., & Pelekis, K. (2019). From curiosity to deep learning: Personal digital inquiry in grades K-5. Stenhouse Publishers.
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Julie Coiro, Elizabeth Dobler and Karen Pelekis
Creative Freedom & Creative Control
Hobbs, R. (2019). Transgression as creative freedom and Creative control in the media production classroom. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 11(3), 207-215.
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Propaganda in an Age of Algorithmic Personalization
Hobbs, R. (2020). Propaganda in an age of algorithmic personalization: Expanding literacy research and practice. Reading Research Quarterly.
Renee Hobbs
Multiple-Source Inquiry & Deliberation
Coiro, J., Sparks, J. R., Kiili, C., Castek, J., Lee, C., & Holland, B. R. (2019). Students engaging in multiple-source inquiry tasks: Capturing dimensions of collaborative online inquiry and social deliberation. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 68(1), 271-292.
Julie Coiro et al
Heuristics of Digital Reading
Coiro, J. (2020). Toward a multifaceted heuristic of digital reading to inform assessment, research, practice, and policy. Reading Research Quarterly.
Julie Coiro
Create to Learn
Hobbs, R. (2019). Create to learn: Introduction to digital literacy. Malden: Wiley Blackwell.
Renee Hobbs
The Creativity of Imitation
Hobbs, R., & Friesem, Y. (2019). The creativity of imitation in remake videos. E-Learning and Digital Media, 16(4), 328-347.
Renee Hobbs
& Yonty Friesem
The Library Screen Scene
Hobbs, R., Deslauriers, L. & Steager, P. (2020). The library screen scene. New York: Oxford University Press.
Renee Hobbs, Liz Deslaurier and Pam Steager
Everyone Learns From Everyone
Hobbs, R., & Coiro, J. (2016). Everyone learns from everyone: Collaborative and interdisciplinary professional development in digital literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 59(6), 623-629.
Renee Hobbs & Julie Coiro
Digital Authorship
Hobbs, R. & Smith, L. (2018). Digital Authorship: Issues and Implications for Educators. Primer 46(2), 7 – 17. A publication of the Massachusetts Reading Association.
Renee Hobbs & Lourdes Smith
Digital Literacy In
Higher Education
Hobbs, R., Ranieri, M., Markus, S., Fortuna, C., Zamora, M. and Coiro, J. (2017). Digital Literacy in Higher Education: A Report. Providence, RI: Media Education Lab.
Renee Hobbs, Maria Ranieri, Sandra Markus, Mia Zamora & Julie Coiro
Personal Inquiry & Online Research
Coiro, J., Castek, J., & Quinn, D. (2016). Personal inquiry and online research: Connecting learners in ways that matter. The Reading Teacher, 69(5), 483-492.
Julie Coiro, Jill Castek & David Quinn
What is Digital Literacy?
Liana Heitin
The Age of Disinformation
Liberman, E. (2017). The age of disinformation. Quadangles. University of Rhode Island.
Ellen Liberman
Meaning-Making in the Fake News Age
"Renee Hobbs: Media and Meaning-Making in the Fake News Age. Interview by Alison Head and Margy MacMillan, Project Information Literacy, Smart Talk Interview, no. 29 (30 January 2018).
Renee Hobbs
On Becoming a Digital Literacy Mentor
Friesem, Y. (2015). On becoming a digital literacy mentor: Self-determination and media production in elementary education. PhD dissertation. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
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Yonty Friesem
Five Key Principles: Guided Inquiry With Multimodal Text Sets
Mary L. Hoch, Ryan McCarty, Debra Gurvitz, Ivy Sitkoski. The Reading Teacher 72(6), 701–710
Mary L. Hoch, Ryan McCarty, Debra Gurvitz, Ivy Sitkoski