Welcome to the Digital, Computational, and Data Literacies Lab at The University of Alabama!
We are an interdisciplinary and collaborative research team led by Dr. Amy Hutchison, who is the Fayard Family Endowed Chair of Literacy at The University of Alabama. Members of this interdisciplinary research group integrate digital, computational, media, and data literacies to support teaching and learning. Along with partners with several universities, the group has had multiple funded projects focused on understanding how to support students, especially those with disabilities, in learning about computer science, computational thinking, data, media and STEM-focused communication through literacy, in gaining media literacy skills, and in preparing students for the digital literacies of the future.
We aim to prepare students for a future that is constantly changed by digital technologies. We are passionate about using digital innovations to provide equitable learning opportunities for all students, especially students with disabilities, linguistically diverse students, and others who have historically been underrepresented in technology fields.
We conduct rigorous scientific research to examine how digital innovations can be used to provide equitable literacy-integrated learning opportunities for diverse learners, how to prepare students for success in a world in which digital literacy is essential to well-being, and to understand how to prepare teachers to teach about coding literacy, data literacy, media literacy and STEM-focused written communication in the elementary grades.
Dr. Hutchison is now accepting graduate students to work in the D.CoaD Literacies Lab.
Email Dr. Hutchison if you are interested in applying to the doctoral program and working with her as a Graduate Research Assistant.