Multimedia Literacy in Three Verses

Michelle SidlerJohn J. Haggerty Articulation ConferenceApril 12, 2013

“An important role for English Departments is to help position human-computer interaction as essentially a social problem, one that involves values, interpretation, contingency, persuasion, communication, deliberation, and more.” (p. 235)

Multiliteracies for a Digital AgeStuart Selber

Technologies are…

Students are…

Functional Literacy tools users of technology

Critical Literacy cultural artifacts

questioners of technology

Rhetorical Literacy hypertextual media

producers of technology

VERSE 1

daln.osu.edu/

What is a Literacy Narrative?

A literacy narrative is “simply a collection of items that describe how you learned to read, write, and compose.”

-- DALN

DALN and functional literacy

Expression of the individualStudent self-reflectionEmphasis on tool choice

VERSE 2

What is an eportfolio?

An eportfolio is “a purposeful collection of information and digital artifacts that demonstrates development or evidences learning outcomes, skills or competencies.”

-- “Eportfolios.” Newcastle University

“Free” EportfolioSoftware

WixWeeblyGoogle SitesWordPress

Auburn University Eportfolio Project

Software Evaluation Criteria

Learning curve Design options Navigation toolsSocial media

Saving draftsOnline hosting Long-term feesCustomer support

Eportfolio andlayered critical literacy

Artifact collectionStudent self-reflectionSoftware evaluation

VERSE 3

“…a MOOC builds on the active engagement of several hundred to several thousand ‘students’ who self-organize their participation…” -- McAuley, et al., 2010

OER and rhetorical literacy

Collectives of users/producersNetworked assessment

Repurpose-able teaching tools

Scaffolding your curriculum

Teach writing through [open] technologies

Interrogate technology with your students

Evaluate available tools– both proprietary and open

Support and produce open alternatives

So get a book that you can really read, it's easier, and stick to it because that's how I did it and when you do that you'll see for yourself, even when you're going places, even when you're looking at signs, it will come to you because that's what I've done. --- Harold Brown

(DALN)

References & Attribution

Slide 1 “Abacus” by Scott Kidder:http://www.flickr.com/photos/skidder/37675092/Slides 2 & 3 Selber, Stuart. Multiliteracies for a Digital Age. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2004.Slide 4 Unknown author. “I write therefore I am writer.” Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN). 2013. http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/3819Slides 5 & 6 DALN. 2013. http://daln.osu.eduSlide 7 Brown, Harold. “A Parent’s Joke.” DALN. 2009.http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/331Slide 8 Sears, April. “Writing Rules” DALN. 2011. http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/2143Slide 9 Jastremski, Michael. “Hammer.” WikiMedia Commons. 2000.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammer.jpgSlide 10 schweizerh. “eportfolios.” EDUC6040Fall10. 2013.http://educ6040fall10.wikispaces.com/ePortfolioSlide 11 Newcastle University. “What is an Eportfolio?” ePortfolios. 2011.http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/definitionSlide 12 Carman, Breanna. Student Demonstration Portfolio.” 2012.https://w.taskstream.com/ts/carman3/StudentDemonstrationPortfolioBreannaCarmanSlide 13 Wozniak, Nancy. “The Student-Centered Learning Process.” Stony Brook University. 2010. https://stonybrook.digication.com/sbu_eportfolio_examples/Learning_Process_Diagram

Slide 14 “Auburn University.” Auburn University. 2013. http://www.auburn.edu“ePortfolio Project.” Auburn University. 2013. http://auburn.edu/writing/ePortfoliosSlide 16 NOAA. “Ash Layers Hirez.” Wikimedia Commons. 2004.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ash_layers_hirez.jpgSlide 17 Shaikh, Shihaam. “Cape Town Open Education Declaration.” Copyright in Education & the Internet in South African Law. 2006.http://education-copyright.org/cape-town-open-education-declaration/Slide 18 Wikipedia. 2013. http://wikipedia.orgSlide 19 Wikibooks. 2013. http://www.wikibooks.org/Writing Spaces. 2013. http://writingspaces.org/Slide 20 McAuley, et al. “The MOOC Model for Digital Practice.” Dave’s Educational Blog. 2010. http://davecormier.com/edblog/2010/12/20/moocs-knowledge-and-the-digital-economy-a-research-project/ecstaticist, “How to Catch Light in a Web.” 2006. Flickr.http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/3570660643/Slides 21 & 22 Carnegie Mellon University. Open Learning Initiative.https://oli.cmu.edu/Slide 23 Lyon, Barrett. The Opte Project. http://www.opte.org/Slide 24 Steiger. “Scaffolding.” Flickr. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steiger_%28Scaffolding%29.jpgSlide 25 Superburschi. “Traffic Sign.” Flickr.http://www.flickr.com/photos/mehrwert/74827714/