OWI Symposium September 2020
Removing Barriers to Learning: Access, Design, and Application
The Online Writing Instruction Community would like to invite you to join their second virtual symposium: Removing Barriers to Learning: Access, Design and Application.The September 2020 symposium will focus on letter A, (accessible) from Borgman & McArdle’s (2015; 2019) PARS approach to online writing instruction.
Looking specifically at design, which is one of the layers of Borgman & McArdle’s PARS approach, our Keynote Speakers will focus on some items related to design and access that attendees can incorporate into their online writing courses this fall.
Additionally, the symposium will feature a variety of OWI scholars who will present ignite talks that continue the theme from our first symposium, Small Online Writing Instruction, inspired by Flower Darby and James Lang’s Book Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes. Similar to the August symposium our ignite talk presenters will focus their talks on one practice-based activity that instructors or administrators could implement in their online writing courses or programs.
Registration
This is a free two-day event, but you will need to register for each day you plan to attend as registration is limited to 500 attendees:
For Registration see The OWI Community Facebook group, The OWI Community Google Group Discussion Forum, and the Writing Studies Listervs, or connect with The OWI Community.
Looking specifically at design, which is one of the layers of Borgman & McArdle’s PARS approach, our Keynote Speakers will focus on some items related to design and access that attendees can incorporate into their online writing courses this fall.
Additionally, the symposium will feature a variety of OWI scholars who will present ignite talks that continue the theme from our first symposium, Small Online Writing Instruction, inspired by Flower Darby and James Lang’s Book Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes. Similar to the August symposium our ignite talk presenters will focus their talks on one practice-based activity that instructors or administrators could implement in their online writing courses or programs.
Registration
This is a free two-day event, but you will need to register for each day you plan to attend as registration is limited to 500 attendees:
- Tuesday September 8th from 3:00-4:30 EST (Link to full Symposium Day 1)
- Thursday September 10th from 3:00-4:30 EST (Link to full Symposium Day 2)
For Registration see The OWI Community Facebook group, The OWI Community Google Group Discussion Forum, and the Writing Studies Listervs, or connect with The OWI Community.
Day 1 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jenae Cohn, Stanford University
“Designing for Our Students: Prioritizing Students' Lived Experiences in Online Writing Classes”
In an online class, instructors have an opportunity to design a classroom environment from the ground up. While learning management systems and online platforms may offer constraints, we have an opportunity to design a classroom experience that fully centers our students and their lived experiences, joining in from a variety of places, spaces, and environments. This keynote address will consider how to design online class activities that are attuned to the material conditions of students' experiences with reading and writing online. Specifically, this talk will consider how an online class might directly address students' lived, material experiences of reading and writing in online spaces. We will consider how to help students become more reflective about their material environments and support students in becoming more confident communicators in online spaces.
Dr. Jenae Cohn writes and speaks about digital pedagogy and instructional design. She currently works as an Academic Technology Specialist in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University. She has published in Computers and Composition, Transformative Dialogues, Kairos, and The Journal of Faculty Development. Her forthcoming book, Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading, will be published by West Virginia University Press in Spring 2021.
Link to Jenae's Keynote
Jenae's Keynote Slides
“Designing for Our Students: Prioritizing Students' Lived Experiences in Online Writing Classes”
In an online class, instructors have an opportunity to design a classroom environment from the ground up. While learning management systems and online platforms may offer constraints, we have an opportunity to design a classroom experience that fully centers our students and their lived experiences, joining in from a variety of places, spaces, and environments. This keynote address will consider how to design online class activities that are attuned to the material conditions of students' experiences with reading and writing online. Specifically, this talk will consider how an online class might directly address students' lived, material experiences of reading and writing in online spaces. We will consider how to help students become more reflective about their material environments and support students in becoming more confident communicators in online spaces.
Dr. Jenae Cohn writes and speaks about digital pedagogy and instructional design. She currently works as an Academic Technology Specialist in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University. She has published in Computers and Composition, Transformative Dialogues, Kairos, and The Journal of Faculty Development. Her forthcoming book, Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading, will be published by West Virginia University Press in Spring 2021.
Link to Jenae's Keynote
Jenae's Keynote Slides
Day 2 Keynote Speakers
Michael Greer and Heidi Skurat Harris will talk about designing accessible online classes for all students, but particularly those who are dealing with cognitive impairments. In February 2020, Michael had a stroke that damaged the communication center of his brain. He will share what he experienced and how he reconceptualized his ideas about accessibility as a result of re-learning to speak, read, and write. Heidi will connect Michael’s experiences to concrete course design that assists all online students.
Michael and Heidi's Keynote Slides
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Michael and Heidi's Keynote Slides
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Michael Greer teaches online courses in writing and technical communication in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Michael teaches multimedia, online course design, and assessment as part of the Graduate Certificate in Online Writing Instruction. From 2016 to 2020, Michael served as founding editor of the journal Research in Online Literacy Education. He publishes and presents on topics including user-centered design, interactive media, and digital publishing.
Dr. Heidi Skurat Harris is the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Professional and Technical Writing and the Graduate Certificate in Online Writing Instruction at the University of Arkansas--Little Rock. Dr. Skurat Harris currently teaches online writing instruction, technical writing, and creative nonfiction at UALR. Her publications focus primarily on research into effective online program development and sustainability and creating community and rapport with online students.
Presenter Bios and Ignite Talk Titles
Tuesday 9/8 Presentations | 3:00PM to 4:30PM EDT
Guiseppe Getto "Why OWIs Are Actually UX Designers"
Guiseppe Getto is an Associate Professor of Technical and Professional Communication at East Carolina University and is President and Founder of Content Garden, Inc., a digital marketing, content strategy, and UX firm: http://contentgarden.org/. His research focuses on utilizing user experience (UX) design, content strategy, and other participatory research methods to help people improve their communities and organizations. Read more about him at: http://guiseppegetto.com
Guiseppe's ignite talk handout
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Guiseppe Getto is an Associate Professor of Technical and Professional Communication at East Carolina University and is President and Founder of Content Garden, Inc., a digital marketing, content strategy, and UX firm: http://contentgarden.org/. His research focuses on utilizing user experience (UX) design, content strategy, and other participatory research methods to help people improve their communities and organizations. Read more about him at: http://guiseppegetto.com
Guiseppe's ignite talk handout
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Joseph Bartolotta "Usability testing your OWI course"
Joseph Bartolotta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing Studies & Rhetoric at Hofstra University. His work examines the training and application of usability and user experience principles in writing programs and for students in TPC. He further explores the ways schools and industry organizations define best practices, competencies, and ethics in their respective contexts, and looks for way to bring both together for generative discussions. @jpbartolotta
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Joseph Bartolotta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing Studies & Rhetoric at Hofstra University. His work examines the training and application of usability and user experience principles in writing programs and for students in TPC. He further explores the ways schools and industry organizations define best practices, competencies, and ethics in their respective contexts, and looks for way to bring both together for generative discussions. @jpbartolotta
Joseph's ignite talk handout
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Sarah E. Prince "Bringing OWC to OWI: Conducting Writing Center Course Visits in Online Classrooms"
Dr. Sarah Prince has 20 years of experience in writing instruction and writing center work. Although she started her career working in brick-and-mortar writing centers as both a tutor (Presbyterian College) and a graduate fellow (Emory University), she has spent the last decade supporting student writers at Walden University, a fully online institution. As an associate director of Walden’s writing center and a faculty member teaching graduate writing courses, Sarah has had unique opportunities to bridge the gap between online writing center support and online writing classroom instruction. Sarah is also co-founder of the Online Writing Center Community http://onlinewritingcenters.org/, a virtual community designed to bring together tutors, consultants, professionals, and administrators from writing and learning centers to establish online writing support as a professional area of study.
Sarah's ignite talk handout
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Dr. Sarah Prince has 20 years of experience in writing instruction and writing center work. Although she started her career working in brick-and-mortar writing centers as both a tutor (Presbyterian College) and a graduate fellow (Emory University), she has spent the last decade supporting student writers at Walden University, a fully online institution. As an associate director of Walden’s writing center and a faculty member teaching graduate writing courses, Sarah has had unique opportunities to bridge the gap between online writing center support and online writing classroom instruction. Sarah is also co-founder of the Online Writing Center Community http://onlinewritingcenters.org/, a virtual community designed to bring together tutors, consultants, professionals, and administrators from writing and learning centers to establish online writing support as a professional area of study.
Sarah's ignite talk handout
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Lauren Salisbury "Empathy as a Foundational Concept in Online Instruction"
Dr. Lauren Salisbury has taught literacy courses in online and hybrid formats since 2013 and currently teaches at Bowling Green State University. Her research interests include preparing instructors to teach in online environments, student experiences and expectations for online learning, and course management systems' influence on teaching and learning. Her dissertation explores the role of space and place in motivations for student enrollment in online first-year writing courses and their subsequent experiences in those courses.
Twitter: @LE_Scrawls
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Dr. Lauren Salisbury has taught literacy courses in online and hybrid formats since 2013 and currently teaches at Bowling Green State University. Her research interests include preparing instructors to teach in online environments, student experiences and expectations for online learning, and course management systems' influence on teaching and learning. Her dissertation explores the role of space and place in motivations for student enrollment in online first-year writing courses and their subsequent experiences in those courses.
Twitter: @LE_Scrawls
Lauren's ignite talk handout
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Lydia Wilkes "Weekly Schedule For the Win!"
Lydia Wilkes is an assistant professor of English at Idaho State University where she regularly teaches writing online. She can be found on Facebook and Twitter (@WilkesLydia)
Lydia's ignite talk handout
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Lydia Wilkes is an assistant professor of English at Idaho State University where she regularly teaches writing online. She can be found on Facebook and Twitter (@WilkesLydia)
Lydia's ignite talk handout
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Mary Stewart "Strategic Design & Compassionate Pedagogy: Designing for Adaptation"
Mary K. Stewart is currently an Associate Professor and the General Education Writing Coordinator in the Literature & Writing Studies Department at California State University, San Marcos. She also serves as the Webinar Co-Chair for the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators, the Communications Chair for the CCCC OWI Standing Group, and a co-editor for Writing Spaces.
Mary's ignite talk handout
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Mary K. Stewart is currently an Associate Professor and the General Education Writing Coordinator in the Literature & Writing Studies Department at California State University, San Marcos. She also serves as the Webinar Co-Chair for the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators, the Communications Chair for the CCCC OWI Standing Group, and a co-editor for Writing Spaces.
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Michelle Stuckey "Reflection in OWI"
Michelle Stuckey is a clinical assistant professor and the writing program administrator for the Writers' Studio, a fully online first-year composition program at Arizona State University. Stuckey also oversees an online course-embedded peer tutoring program, in which advanced undergraduates and graduate students mentor students in their first-year writing courses.
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Michelle Stuckey is a clinical assistant professor and the writing program administrator for the Writers' Studio, a fully online first-year composition program at Arizona State University. Stuckey also oversees an online course-embedded peer tutoring program, in which advanced undergraduates and graduate students mentor students in their first-year writing courses.
Michelle's ignite talk handout
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Kathleen Turner Ledgerwood "HyperDocs in OWI"
Kathleen is an Assistant Professor of English & Writing Area Coordinator at Lincoln University, a small HBCU in Missouri. @PopCultureDr
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Kathleen is an Assistant Professor of English & Writing Area Coordinator at Lincoln University, a small HBCU in Missouri. @PopCultureDr
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Thursday 9/10 Presentations | 3:00PM to 4:30PM EDT
Beau Pihlaja "Online Writing Students as Expert End-Users in Their Own Experience"
Beau Pihlaja is an assistant professor in Texas Tech University English's Technical Communication and Rhetoric program. He has taught university students online for nearly a decade. He researches intercultural technical communication and intercultural rhetorics. Website: www.beaupihlaja.com ; Twitter: @ProfBeau
Beau's ignite talk handout
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Beau Pihlaja is an assistant professor in Texas Tech University English's Technical Communication and Rhetoric program. He has taught university students online for nearly a decade. He researches intercultural technical communication and intercultural rhetorics. Website: www.beaupihlaja.com ; Twitter: @ProfBeau
Beau's ignite talk handout
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Allegra W. Smith "Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Using Programmatic Outcomes to Create Analytic Rubrics"
Allegra W. Smith (@argella) is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric & Composition at Purdue University, and former online course developer and assistant director of Professional Writing there. Her research focuses on improving technology and communication design experiences for diverse populations. Her work has been featured in Communication Design Quarterly and the proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (ACM-SIGDOC).
Allegra's ignite talk handout
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Allegra W. Smith (@argella) is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric & Composition at Purdue University, and former online course developer and assistant director of Professional Writing there. Her research focuses on improving technology and communication design experiences for diverse populations. Her work has been featured in Communication Design Quarterly and the proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (ACM-SIGDOC).
Allegra's ignite talk handout
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Lyra Hilliard "Social Scaffolding: Building Community Online"
Lyra Hilliard is the Blended and Online Coordinator for the Academic Writing Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. She co-directs the online teacher training program for the UMD English Department and also coordinates the department's Undergraduate Teaching Assistant program.
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Lyra Hilliard is the Blended and Online Coordinator for the Academic Writing Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. She co-directs the online teacher training program for the UMD English Department and also coordinates the department's Undergraduate Teaching Assistant program.
Lyra's ignite talk handout
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Jordan Canzonetta "Building Instructor Engagement in Online Courses through Screencasting"
Dr. Canzonetta is entering her second year as an assistant professor of English at Lewis University. Her research is focused on how the design of educational technologies impact teaching labor and pedagogical outcomes in composition classrooms. Her work in the field of rhetoric and composition started with Online Writing Instruction and is now returning to it as she consults others on how to engage in online pedagogy during an international crisis. Twitter: @jordan_canz
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Dr. Canzonetta is entering her second year as an assistant professor of English at Lewis University. Her research is focused on how the design of educational technologies impact teaching labor and pedagogical outcomes in composition classrooms. Her work in the field of rhetoric and composition started with Online Writing Instruction and is now returning to it as she consults others on how to engage in online pedagogy during an international crisis. Twitter: @jordan_canz
Jordan's ignite talk handout
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Melvin Beavers "Promoting Active Student Engagement"
Melvin Beavers is the First-Year Writing Director in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. His research interests involve writing program administration, composition pedagogy, rhetoric, and popular culture studies.
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Melvin Beavers is the First-Year Writing Director in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. His research interests involve writing program administration, composition pedagogy, rhetoric, and popular culture studies.
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Tom Geary "Resisting the Policing of Academic Citation: Alternative Approaches to Teaching Plagiarism in OWI"
Tom Geary (Ph.D., University of Maryland) is a Professor of English at the Virginia Beach campus of Tidewater Community College, where he teaches composition, rhetoric, technical writing, developmental writing, and humanities courses. Tom (@tmgeary) serves as the editor of Inquiry, a peer-reviewed journal for faculty, staff, and administrators in Virginia's community colleges. His research interests include OWI, sonic rhetoric, electracy, digital storytelling, open educational resources, and compassionate pedagogy.
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Tom Geary (Ph.D., University of Maryland) is a Professor of English at the Virginia Beach campus of Tidewater Community College, where he teaches composition, rhetoric, technical writing, developmental writing, and humanities courses. Tom (@tmgeary) serves as the editor of Inquiry, a peer-reviewed journal for faculty, staff, and administrators in Virginia's community colleges. His research interests include OWI, sonic rhetoric, electracy, digital storytelling, open educational resources, and compassionate pedagogy.
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Dylan Retzinger "i2i Identity Matters"
Dylan Retzinger is a technical and professional communication instructor at New Mexico State University. Too Fresh is a reggae bass from Berkeley, CA.
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Dylan Retzinger is a technical and professional communication instructor at New Mexico State University. Too Fresh is a reggae bass from Berkeley, CA.
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