ABSTRACT
This collection explores the role of individual faculty initiatives and institutional faculty development programs in supporting programmatic adoption of multimodal composition across diverse institutional contexts.
The volume speaks to the growing interest in multimodal composition in university classrooms as the digital media and technology landscape has evolved to showcase the power and value of employing multiple modes in educational contexts. Drawing on case studies from a range of institutions, the book is divided into four parts, each addressing the needs of different stakeholders, including scholars, instructors, department chairs, curriculum designers, administrators, and program directors: faculty initiatives; curricular design and pedagogies; faculty development programs; and writing across disciplines. Taken together, the 16 chapters make the case for an integrated approach bringing together insights from unique faculty initiatives with institutional faculty development programs in order to effectively execute, support, and expand programmatic adoption of multimodal composition.
This book will be of interest to scholars in multimodal composition, rhetoric, communication studies, education technology, media studies, and instructional design, as well as administrators supporting program design and faculty development.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
part I|112 pages
Faculty Initiatives
chapter 2|18 pages
Lacking Time to Experiment
chapter 3|15 pages
Writing Across Media
chapter 4|16 pages
A Technology-Focused Sharing Space for Faculty
chapter 6|26 pages
Making Professional Development Matter
part II|82 pages
Curricular Design and Pedagogies
chapter 8|15 pages
“Is This Even Writing?”
chapter 9|16 pages
Multimodality and Writing for International Multilingual Students
chapter 10|13 pages
Professional Development and Online Course Development as Drivers of Multimodal Curriculum Change
chapter 11|19 pages
Possibilities and Pathways
part III|52 pages
Faculty Development Programs
chapter 13|18 pages
Not Going It Alone
part IV|34 pages
Writing across the Disciplines