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Dear all, I invite you to attend a fall faculty seminar offered by Boston University's Writing Program: Digital Literacy, Learning, and Citizenship in the Writing Classroom. This four-session seminar will offer two deep dives into specific areas of undergraduate scholarship and composition, followed by two broad discussions of more general topics. Each deep dive will involve a small number of assigned readings, a brief discussion of theory and pedagogy, presentation of specific classroom uses by Writing Program instructors, and a bit of hands-on training with a digital tool. Each broad discussion will involve assigned reading and consist largely of conversation about how the information and ideas relate to writing programs and writing courses in general and to our specific situation at BU. Here are the sessions: Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2-3:30 -- Geographical and Concept Mapping As Research and Expression Co-Facilitators: Sasha Goldman, Vika Zafrin, and Jason Prentice Location: KCB 201 (Kenmore Classroom Building, 565 Commonwealth Ave.) An introduction to theory, pedagogy, and practice Thursday, Nov. 7, 2-3:30 -- Photography in the Writing Classroom Co-Facilitators: Michele Martinez, Sam Sarkisian, and Jason Prentice Location: CAS B 25B (College of Arts and Sciences Building, 685 Commonwealth Ave.) An introduction to theory, pedagogy, and practice Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2-3:30 -- Copyright and Fair Use: Faculty and Student Rights and Responsibilities Facilitator: Jason Prentice Location: KCB 201 (Kenmore Classroom Building, 565 Commonwealth Ave.) A review of essential concepts and a discussion university intellectual property policies and the end-user agreements students and faculty sign off on when using platforms such as Blackboard and Turnitin Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2-3:30 -- Going Forward: DME and the WP Curriculum Facilitator: Jason Prentice Presenters: Pary Fassihi, Ted Fitts, and Malavika Shetty Location: KCB 201 (Kenmore Classroom Building, 565 Commonwealth Ave.) A discussion about BU's new general education requirement in Digital/Multimedia Expression (How well does it serve the goals of liberal education?) and how it fits into Writing Program courses (What's working? What isn't?) This seminar is free and open to the public. Guests from outside the Boston University community who wish to attend should RSVP to Jason Prentice ([log in to unmask]) so I can share the readings and make sure we have space for everyone. Best, Jason Jason Prentice he/him/his Senior Lecturer & Digital/Multimedia Expression Coordinator CAS Writing Program & Core Curriculum Boston University 617.358.1517 | [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BOSTONDH list, click the following link: https://listserv.neu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=BOSTONDH