Davies, J. (2006) Affinities and Beyond! Developing Ways of Seeing in Online Spaces. E-Learning and Digital Media, 3 (2). pp. 217-234. ISSN 2042-7530
Abstract
This article presents an insider view of an online community of adults involved in sharing digital photography through a host website, Flickr. It describes how reciprocal teaching and learning partnerships in a dynamic multimodal environment are achieved through the creation of a ‘Third Space’ or ‘Affinity Space’, where ‘Funds of Knowledge’ are shared and processed in such a way that new meanings and discourses are generated. It is argued that this process is evidence of valuable learning and of the deepening of global understandings within the local space of Flickr. The new understandings are at least partly identifiable on the Flickr space, through the co-constructed ‘folksonomy’ or ‘online taxonomy’ of ways of looking at the world. Further, the article provides evidence for broadening existing definitions of literacy, at a time when the visual mode increasingly works interactively with verbal cues and explanations.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2006 SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in E-Learning and Digital Media. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2017 10:10 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2017 21:01 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.2304/elea.2006.3.2.217 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.2304/elea.2006.3.2.217 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115020 |