Exploring Communication, Pedagogy and Identity 

This project is an innovative ethnographic investigation of an increasingly important and popular language-learning environment, namely the online language learning platforms (OLLPs).

We are pleased to announce an exciting new series of specialised professional development short courses in Media and ICT Education, all taking place at the London Knowledge Lab during the spring/summer term of 2012.

These specialised courses offer learning and developmental opportunities drawn from the range of practice and policy areas active at the IOE and include sessions such as "Making Computer Games in the Classroom", "Animation in the Classroom" and "Classroom Video Production and Performing Arts".

The studentships we are offering are linked to the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), node on Multimodal Methods for Researching Digital Data and Digital Environment (Directed by Professor Carey Jewitt). The studentships will commence in October 2011.

Application closing date: 16 May 2011

The PhD studentship will examine the following topics:

The Kineikonic Mode: Developing A Multimodal Theory Of The Moving Image
(Supervised by Professor Andrew Burn)

Multimodal transcription in primary classroom digital learning environments
(Supervised by Dr Diane Mavers)

Researching digital communication and learning within social networking
environments †(Supervised by Dr Neil Selwyn and Professor Carey Jewitt)†