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“History of a Broken Thing: The Multi-Journal Special Issue on Electronic Publication”
citation Eyman, Douglas, & Ball, Cheryl E. (forthcoming/2015?). History of a broken thing: The multi-journal special issue on electronic publication. In Bruce McComisky (Ed.), Microhistories of composition (pp. forthcoming as Chapter 4). Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. abstract This chapter looks closely at the summer, multi-journal special issue on electronic publishing, simultaneously published across…
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“Bad Ideas About Writing” – CFP
Call for Proposals: Bad Ideas About Writing Editors: Drew M. Loewe, St. Edward’s University and Cheryl E. Ball, West Virginia University Proposal Deadline: Sept 1, 2015 In the tradition of the provocative science- and social-science-focused book, This Idea Must Die,” the proposed collection intends to provide teachers, parents, and administrators with short, provocative, and thoroughly…
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The Asymptotic Relationship Between C&W and DH at MLA
This is the prose poem I presented at MLA 2015 in the early session on Writing Studies at the MLA. Some folks had asked for a copy, so here it is. Enjoy ;) MLA2015-asymptote
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Vega: An Academic Publishing Platform
citation Ball, Cheryl E., & Morrison, Andrew M. (co-PIs). (2015–17). Vega: An academic publishing platform [funding proposal]. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scientific Communication and Information Technology program. $1,000,000. abstract The primary deliverable for this project is the free, open source EditMe platform, intended for publishing digital and media-rich scholarship. This editorial-management system…
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“Building a Better Back-End” – NEH DH white paper
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2014). Building a better back-end: Editor, author, and reader tools for scholarly multimedia (Grant #HD-50188-10). Washington, DC: NEH Office of Digital Humanities. abstract This white paper outlines the original NEH DH Start-Up Grant activities for “Building a Better Back-End,” which aimed to build PHP plug-ins for Open Journal Systems to allow for…
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“All Writing is Multimodal”
citation: Ball, Cheryl E., & Charlton, Colin. (forthcoming). All writing is multimodal. In Linda Adler-Kassner & Elizabeth Wardle (Eds.), Naming what we know: Threshold concepts of writing studies. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. abstract: This encyclopedia-like entry on multimodality for the threshold concepts collection defines what multimodality is, why it is a useful concept…
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“Composing for Digital Publication: Rhetoric, Design, Code”
citation: Eyman, Douglas, & Ball, Cheryl E. (2014). Composing for digital publication: Rhetoric, design, code. Composition Studies, 42(1), 114-117. abstract: This brief article, included as part of a special section on the state of digital publishing in rhetoric and composition, offers three critical practices for composition that accommodate the many media, modes, and delivery mechanics…
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“Designed Research: Publishing Designs as Scholarship”
citation: Ball, Cheryl E. (2014/forthcoming). Designed research: Publishing designs as scholarship. Proceedings for Design Research Society conference, Umeå, Sweden. abstract: Scholarly publications are a primary means for researchers in any field to foster and support a shared discourse. As design researchers debate what forms their scholarship might take, this author suggests looking to examples from…
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“Multimodality as a Frame for Individual and Institutional Change”
citation Arola, Kristin; Sheppard, Jennifer, & Ball, Cheryl E. (2014, Jan. 10). Multimodality as a frame for individual and institutional change. Hybrid Pedagogy. Retrieved from http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/journal/multimodality-frame-individual-institutional-change/ abstract This article provides some historical, institutional, and theoretical context for a multimodal pedagogy, as taught by the three authors in three different universities, which forms the basis for…
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Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects
citation Arola, Kristin L.; Sheppard, Jennifer; Ball, Cheryl E. (2014). Writer/designer: A guide to making multimodal projects. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s. abstract (from the Bedford W/D website) Creating multimodal projects can seem daunting, but Writer/Designer streamlines the multimodal composing process and makes it manageable for students. Designed to work in any college course, this brief, accessible…