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==== '''Remediation''' ====
==== '''Remediation''' ====
Remediation is the process through which new media forms borrow elements from older media forms and transforms and re-contextualizes them. As media evolves, so do the ways users can consume it. When first introduced, remediation was described as a type of reformation such as taking a paper letter and turning it into an email. Today, remediation of a digital document often adds into user-experience by enhancing the document. Remediation can look like making a document more accessible by adding a text-to-speech feature for users with poor vision, or adding a tutorial to an electronic manual.  
Remediation is the process through which new media forms borrow elements from older media forms and transforms and re-contextualizes them. As media evolves, so do the ways users can consume it. When first introduced, remediation was described as a type of reformation such as taking a paper letter and turning it into an email.{{sfn|Bolter|1999|p=59}}Today, remediation of a digital document often adds into user-experience by enhancing the document. Remediation can look like making a document more accessible by adding a text-to-speech feature for users with poor vision, or adding a tutorial to an electronic manual.


=='''Pedagogical Approaches'''==
=='''Pedagogical Approaches'''==
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