In this episode we look at the field of teaching writing, taking up in particular the role of reading in the teaching of writing. We take up this text: Sirc, Geoffrey. “Resisting Entropy.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 63, no. 3, 2012, pp. 507–19. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23131603. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023. Music: “Sun Says Yes” by spinningmerkaba

We discuss assessment, looking at e-portfolios and other aspects of assessment. We pay particular attention to activities of reflection. Texts take up include: Yancey, Kathleen Blake, editor. ePortfolio as Curriculum: Models and Practices for Developing Students’ ePortfolio Literacy. First edition, Stylus Publishing, 2019. Music: “Sun Says Yes” by spinningmerkaba

In this episode, we explore multimedia, looking at sonic and visual rhetoric. We discuss definitions of writing and the role of media forms in writing. We reference the text: Werner, Courtney L. “How Rhetoric and Composition Described and Defined New Media at the Start of the Twenty-First Century.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 68, no….

We look at accessibility and access, taking up multimedia access and understanding ways of adjusting teaching in terms of disability studies. Texts taken up include: Kairos 18.1: Yergeau et al., Multimodality in Motion – Over There. https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/18.1/coverweb/yergeau-et-al/pages/index.html. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023. Shipka, Jody. “Negotiating Rhetorical, Material, Methodological, and Technological Difference: Evaluating Multimodal Designs.” College Composition…

In this episode, we discuss accommodation in the classroom and in syllabus design. We also look at ways that research can be considered in terms of genre and learning transfer. Readings taken up include: Womack, Anne-Marie. “Teaching Is Accommodation: Universally Designing Composition Classrooms and Syllabi.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 68, no. 3, 2017, pp….

A look at some of the big picture concerns in the teaching of writing from the twentieth century. Readings discussed include: Berlin, James A. “Contemporary Composition: The Major Pedagogical Theories.” College English, vol. 44, no. 8, Dec. 1982, p. 765. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.2307/377329. Fulkerson, Richard. “Composition at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century.” College Composition…