Tag: invited
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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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“Multimodal Revision Techniques in Webtexts”
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2013). Multimodal revision techniques in webtexts. Classroom Discourse [special issue: Multimodality]. abstract This article examines how an online, scholarly journal, Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy mentors authors to revise their webtexts (interactive, digital media scholarship) for publication. Using an editorial pedagogy, in which multimodal and rhetorical genre theories are merged with revision…
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"The Contestation of Multimodality in New Media Scholarship"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2009, Dec. 2). The contestation of multimodality in new media scholarship. Visual Culture Colloquium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. abstract Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy has been publishing digital media scholarship since 1996, and each new medium and digital technology offers authors changing ways that they can make…
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"Designing Digital Scholarship (And Having it Count)"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, October 17). Designing digital scholarship (and having it count): A case built on three perspectives. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. abstract In this panel session, three presenters spoke to digital projects they had undertaken (a digital archive, a wiktionary, and a scholarly…
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"Digital Scholarship Roundtable"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, October 16). Digital scholarship roundtable. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. abstract In this session, five presenters — all editors of online journals or presses — speak to the state of digital scholarship, including issues regarding submission, tenure & promotion, professional development, and…
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"Preparing for Graduate School"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2007, October 6). Preparing for graduate school. MUSE Undergraduate Literary Studies Conference. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. abstract This roundtable provided undergraduate students the opportunity to ask questions about how and why to apply to graduate school, what the expectations are for different kinds of schools, and how to choose which…
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"Multimodal Composition Practices: Overviews and Impacts on Tenure & Promotion"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2006, July). Multimodal composition practices: Overviews and impacts on tenure & promotion. Virtual Reality & Real Life (VR@RL) Conference [Online]. abstract In this online asynchronous session, I presented results and discussion from the CCCC Survey on multimodal practices, with particular emphasis on the section about tenure and promotion issues for scholars…
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"Editing as Rhetoric Research"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, December 30). Roundtable on rhetoric research: Editing as rhetoric research. Modern Language Association, San Francisco, CA. abstract In this roundtable presentation, seven presenters produced papers or video descriptions answering the question “what is rhetoric research?” Session chairs Jenn Fishmann and Stacy Pigg mixed the individual presentations together into a whole…
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"Value Added: The Shape of the E-Journal"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2009, December 28). Value added: The shape of the e-journal. Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA. abstract A poster-like session of electronic journal editors focusing on what one can do with online journals that would not be possible in print journals. I address digital media scholarship through examination of my role as…
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"Mentoring Electronically and From a Distance"
citation Ball, Cheryl E, & Rickly, Becky. (2010, March 17). Mentoring electronically and from a distance. Coalition of Women Scholars. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, KY. abstract In roundtable style, Rickly and Ball will offer suggestions for how to distance-mentor (and be mentored) through use of information communication technologies. accompanying materials not available…