Writing, digital culture and english curriculum

L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 23-44

  Beavis, Catherine ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer games; Digital culture; Digital literacy; English curriculum; Multimodal writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055174905     PISSN: 15676617     EISSN: 15731731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17239/l1esll-2007.07.04.03     Document Type: Article

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