Technology Integrated Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Education in the Indian Classrooms

Abstract

In the rapidly changing landscape of education, integrating digital technologies into language education is not merely advantageous: it is essential. There is a shift from traditional print-based learning to the multimodal form of learning. Technology use in education requires adopting and adapting to new pedagogical approaches that integrate various modalities in the teaching-learning process. This paper intends to explore technology integration in multiliteracies pedagogy: A learning-by-design approach in English language education. The concept of multiliteracies, which is written as the plural counterpart of ‘multiliteracy’, talks of an approach that integrates multiple contexts and multimodal resources for language and literacy practices. This paper examines how the four elements of multiliteracies, i.e., situated practice, overt instruction, critical framing, and transformed practice, can be integrated using multimodal resources by integrating technology to enhance students’ learning experiences, their engagement with diverse communication forms and foster critical and creative thinking among students, the essential 21st-century learning skills, How the multiliteracies-learning-by-design approach can provide a formal framework for effective integration of digital literacy into education, enhancing its accessibility and relevance in today’s technologically advanced world? The study aims to highlight: what are the key digital tools and how they can be integrated in the teaching-learning processes, and what are the pedagogical benefits and challenges of implementing technology-integrated multiliteracies pedagogy in Indian contexts? The study presents an overview of how the strategic implementation of a multiliteracies learning-by-design approach may provide a structured framework for incorporating digital literacies into education, making learning more inclusive and meaningful in a technologically evolving world.