Proximity as a window into the zone of proximal development

The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is one of the most widely accepted concepts in education but new research using digital technologies has shown that the co-construction of knowledge in the ZPD can also provide a window into the process of conceptual consolidation. This paper uses digital data from primary school children to demonstrate how multimodality can expand the possibilities for projectbased learning in the context of explanatory animation creation.