Digital Literacy in Ukraine and the United States

Abstract

The authors present evidence-based digital literacy practices and resources for teaching and learning English as an additional language in two different educational contexts where these practices have been applied successfully with adolescent learners.

Keywords:

• ESL education
• international/comparative education
• technology in education

Acknowledgment

The authors are grateful to the leadership in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University and in the School of Foreign Languages at Ushynsky University for their support during the online exchange referenced in the introduction of this article.

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Notes on contributors

Mariana Alvayero Ricklefs

Mariana Alvayero Ricklefs is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. Email: [email protected]

Anna Slobodianiuk

Anna Slobodianiuk is a faculty member in the Department of Germanic Philology and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages and Director of the Israeli Cultural Center at South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University in Odessa. Email: [email protected]

Donna E. Werderich

Donna E. Werderich is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. Email: [email protected]