Category Archives: Session Proposals

Teach: Wikis as Self-Archiving Course Site

I would be interested in joining a panel of workshop leaders in a hands-on foray into course site design. My own preferred platform is Wikidot, which allows easy revision tracking, custom menu building, file uploads, and a landing page with … Continue reading

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Talk Session: Textual Annotation in CommentPress

This semester, I launched a pilot project in a writing-intensive literature course, Great Works of World Literature, required of all undergraduates at my school. We offer up to 75 sections of this class every semester and most of our students … Continue reading

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Make: Code as Digital Writing in an Analog Environment

Reading through most of the proposals so far, I know there’s a lot of interest (which I share) in how the kinds of writing and composing we do can be reimagined or enhanced by the affordances of a digital space. … Continue reading

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Building a Digital Exhibition Writing Assignment

One of my teaching goals involves incorporating a digital exhibition writing assignment in my undergraduate art history courses. I envision this assignment as a form of collaborative writing. Students would work in small groups to divide the labor and delegate … Continue reading

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Open Digital Pedagogy at Play: A Play Session with City Tech’s OpenLab Team

How do we learn new techniques to enhance student writing? How do we incorporate open pedagogies, such as those of open online platforms, to support student learning? In this play session, participants will engage in a brainstorming game to generate … Continue reading

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Talk/Make/Play Session: (Digital) Writing vs. (Digital) Composition

One of the most important results of the proliferation of digital media has been a relative increase in studies of the history of the book. As new forms have challenged the primacy of the book, interest has been piqued in … Continue reading

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Make Session: What is Digital Writing?

What defines digital writing? We are all too comfortable attaching ‘digital’ to ‘writing,’ ‘rhetoric,’ and ‘literacy,’ but what exactly do we want it to describe? In what fundamental ways have writing practices and products changed in the wake of the … Continue reading

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Talk Session: Teaching Digital Writing under Austerity

I propose a discussion about teaching digital writing when students have limited access to technology. At my open admissions community college, many students don’t own computers; they use the internet, read, and take notes primarily on their phones. My classrooms … Continue reading

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Talk Session: Editing Wikipedia, Inspired by Adrianne Wadewitz

As many of you have heard, May has been designated as a month for groups around the world to come together to edit Wikipedia in honor of Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz, who was a Mellon Digital Scholarship Fellow. For this session, … Continue reading

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Teach & Talk Session: For Whom Is Digital Writing Accessible?

How open Is open source?  How accessible is digital writing?  I propose a session on what makes digital texts accessible or inaccessible to disabled readers. I will introduce participants to one form of assistive technology used by readers with print … Continue reading

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