This document provides an overview of Russell Francis's doctoral thesis investigating the implications of media change for learning. The thesis explored how learners are appropriating new media to support learning through two design experiments and an ethnographic study of advanced learners. The ethnographic study identified six genres of practice used by learners and attempted to develop conceptual tools to understand new media literacies. The thesis argues that media convergence has decentralized formal education and learners now need new media literacies to design personal learning environments leveraging online resources.
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