Welcome to Talking About Digital Media and Learning – a compendium of framing research and application tools on how Americans think about the role of digital media in education. This toolkit helps advocates and experts increase public support for educational initiatives to make learning relevant, foster critical thinking skills, and empower students, both in and outside of the classroom.
A decade of FrameWorks’ research demonstrates that effective communications can help activate the public’s thinking and engagement with issues as complex as American education and digital learning. Below, we provide research findings from several multi-method studies, as well as application guides and resources, to front-line communicators for deploying recommended framing strategies to shift the public conversation about digital media and learning.
This toolkit is complemented by an ongoing project to develop a Core Story of Education, based on research of public attitudes on skills, testing, and learning. To access these additional materials, please visit the FrameWorks Institute’s website issue page on Education.
The following research and framing tools were developed by the FrameWorks Institute for The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as part of the Digital Media and Learning Initiative.
This MessageMemo summarizes the findings from FrameWorks’ research and provides front-line communicators with a communications map for improving the public’s understanding of digital media and learning both in and outside of the classroom, and for increasing support for digital media and learning opportunities in education.
This MessageMemo summarizes the findings from research and provides communicators with a map for improving the public’s understanding of DML.
This 12-minute video will take you through findings from cultural models interviews FrameWorks conducted with everyday Americans to find out how they think and talk about digital media, learning, and how the two are related.
This section provides a variety of framing tools intended to help advocates understand and apply the research findings and recommendations on how to talk about digital media and learning.
