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 ClassroomCo-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 ResponsibilitiesTuesday, Nov. 19, 2-3:30 -- Going Forward: DME and the WP CurriculumFacilitator: 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
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?)