Communication Design Quarterly Sep 2025

Designing Social Media Learning Environments to Promote Digital Literacy

Jacob D. Richter

Abstract

This article considers how learning environment design can help TPC instructors using social media tools in their courses to better support students' practicing of digital literacy. Based on findings from an IRB-approved qualitative study of a social media pedagogy that makes use of the platform Slack, this article contributes insight into how learning environment design in social media learning communities can assist instructors hoping to support their students as they practice digital and social media literacy activities.

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2025-09-01
DOI
10.1145/3772174.3772177
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Topics
qualitative research digital rhetoric multimodality social media

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