Category: Grants, Internal

  • "Building the future of the book with The New Work of Composing"

    Ball, Cheryl E. (2010–11). Building the future of the book with The New Work of Composing. Pre-Tenure Faculty Initiative Grant, Illinois State University. $3,500 [Internal]. description With this PFIG grant, I will complete the afterword and index to the first digital, multimodal book published by an academic press: The New Work of Composing, an edited…

  • "Editing an Online (Digital) Multimedia Book in English Studies"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008). The new work of composing: Editing an online (digital) multimedia book in English studies. Research Enhancement Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University. $4,000 [not funded/waitlisted]. abstract The New Work of Composing is the working title to the field of English Studies’ first digital, multimedia-rich “book” to be…

  • "Assessing Faculty & Student Multimodal Teaching and Learning Practices Across Campus"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E.; Ellison, Katherine; Thompson, Torri; Justice, Hilary; Neuleib, Janice; & Kalmbach, James. (2009). Assessing faculty & student multimodal teaching and learning practices across campus. Department/School Initiative in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Illinois State University. $10,000. [not funded] abstract This grant proposal was intended to fund a series of surveys and…

  • "Professional Development through Preparation of a Digitally Enhanced Tenure Portfolio"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, Summer). Professional development through preparation of a digitally enhanced tenure portfolio. Summer Faculty Professional Development Fellowship, Illinois State University. $5,000. summary This summer I will begin work on a year-long project to design my tenure portfolio materials for digital, multimedia distribution. One professional development outcome relevant to this fellowship application…

  • "Teaching The New Work of Composing"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E., & et al. [12 undergraduates]. (2008). Teaching The new work of composing: Undergraduate research in digital scholarship. Teaching-Learning Development Grant, Illinois State University. $2,000. abstract A unique opportunity has arisen for the students in my English 239 (Multimodal Composition) class; they have been invited to the Thomas R. Watson Conference on…

  • "Digital Scholarship in the Humanities"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008–09). Digital scholarship in the Humanities, Part 1: Authors’ composition and revision processes of new media scholarship. New Faculty Initiative Grant, Illinois State University. $3,500. abstract My research question is whether new media scholars’ writing processes are the same whether they are composing for print or new media. That is, do…

  • "The Learning Suite"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E., & Moeller, Ryan. (2006–07). The Learning Suite: A collaborative, technology-rich environment to support writing/composition in a digital age. Utah State University Innovation Fund. $86,000 [Internal]. abstract Digital technology has dramatically changed the cultural and social landscape in the last 10 years. Nationwide, writing-studies scholars—those who instruct classes like English 1010 and…

  • "Uncovering Theories and Practices of Multiliteracies and New Media Pedagogies"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2005–06). Uncovering Theories and Practices of Multiliteracies and New Media Pedagogies. New Faculty Research Grant. Utah State University. $10,633. abstract Literacy has changed as a result of technology, shifting from pedagogies based solely on writing instruction to multimodal pedagogies. My research question for this project is to discover what issues and…