MULTIMODALITY AND DIGITAL SPACE: COGNITIVE AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL FACTORS IN ONLINE COMMUNICATION

Abstract

The expansion of digital technology is weaving social and professional actions on mental power of the human life, while promoting not only decision-making but also socio-emotional management, which leads to human behavior modification. In the digital age, the implementation of new multi-modal, hybrid and open devices promotes distance learning/teaching while developing digital and pragmatic skills among training people. In fact, the digital space allows to diversify methodological approaches but also to enrich methods and techniques by the learning path’s individualization. In an E-learning environment, pedagogical mediation is involved in the learning process. In fact, a transmission of knowledge and experience is established through interactive learning, while emphasizing the effective time management of the educational process, with a view to cultivating learning strategies. This is why, in online communication, it is essential to take into account the factors related to hot or cold cognition, because different kinds of memories including sensory, short-term and long-term depend on the encoding and storage of cognitive, socio-affective and metacognitive decision-making in any learning situation. Ultimately, Teacher Mentor’s contribution is essential by implementing good educational practices that cultivate a know-how to act and also by adopting tactics to accomplish strategic experiential training through IT systems

Keywords

• multimodality; digital space; cognitive and socio-emotional factors; online communication; digital and cross-cutting skills through it systems.