My post will reflect on multimodal composition outside of a FYC classroom, in a senior-level study abroad course sequence that features multilingual research. The educational and institutional context for this case study is a Global Studies minor that involves cross-cultural … Read more... “Writing at the Crossroads: Multilingual Research and Multimodal Formats in a Study Abroad Classroom”
Month: October 2014
For this week’s Wiki Wednesday, we’re taking a look at some of our favorite wikis across the web, celebrating the ways they bring people together to share and collaborate on all kinds of educational, recreational and scientific projects.
Some of
… Read more... “Wiki Wednesday: A Celebration of Wikis Across the Web”A potential synergy arises from the confluence of multi- (or trans-) modality, and trans- (or multi-) linguality. These areas of concern have emerged contemporaneously—at least within the context of modern composition studies—partially, in response to changes in the means and … Read more... “Thinking about Multi (or Trans-) Modality, and Trans (or Multi-) Linguality: Power, Ideology, and Emerging Questions”
Wikis aren’t anything like other traditional forms of textual media. For one, they’re extremely transparent. In a wiki, as opposed to a book, we have access to the rich “archaeology” of a text. We can see who worked to … Read more... “Wiki Wednesday: Using Wikipedia’s History Function to Teach Writing Process”