Project Description

Multimodal Mindset (MSet) is a Cooperation partnership for School Education project that aims to equip teachers and trainers with multimodal pedagogical tools and methodologies to enable students to communicate effectively in an increasingly multimodal world.

In the 21st century, students are exposed to multiple messages in the digital world and the social environment they live in and misunderstand the messages transmitted by not being able to encode them. Students exposed to multiple messages do not critically evaluate their media content and furthermore face the same problem at schools because of different digital tools used to support the lessons, which negatively affects their academic success. The solution to this problem is Multimodal Literacy, which is one of the most important skills to be acquired in the 21st century.

The MSet project was prepared on the need for teachers and trainers to gain competence in this field in order to provide students with Multimodal Literacy Skills. The MSet project aims to strengthen the Multimodal Literacy skills and experience of teachers and trainers and equip them with innovative techniques and methodologies.

Objectives:

• to equip teachers and trainers with innovative pedagogical tools
• to raise awareness of Multimodal Literacy
• In the classroom environment, to teach students multimodal literacy skills with the most innovative tools and methods
• to help students think critically about the messages directed at them through media
• to help students to analyze multimodal texts
• to provide students with skills and models that will help them bring a critical eye to multimodal texts
• to aid students in understanding difficult scientific concepts and improve their ability to create their own graphics thanks to the cognitive benefit of Multimodal Literacy

Results:

INTANGIBLE RESULTS
a) The acquisition of Multimodal Literacy skills of students.
b) Teachers and trainers have increased their competencies thanks to innovative pedagogical materials.
c) Teachers and instructors have designed their classroom environments and course content in a way that enables students to gain multimodal literacy skills thanks to their innovative methodological tools.

TANGIBLE RESULTS
a) Research Report
b) “Multimodal Mindset in The Classroom” Educational format.
c) The result of the Short-term joint staff training events would be the draft ‘Multimodal Literacy Toolkit.
d) The outcome of the Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils has been the “Multimodal Literate” educational series that will be one of the Web Platform products.
e) One Web Platform “Multimodal Mindset” elaborated by Consortium partners functioning as both an educational hub storing informational materials and educational resources.