Dr. Cheryl E. Ball

Tag: invited

  • "The State of Multimodal Composition Pedagogies"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2005, November 18). The state of multimodal composition pedagogies. Text, Image, Networks, & Culture Group, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. abstract As the English department at VCU introduced a new, transdisciplinary PhD program in Media, Art, and Text, I was invited to present results from my recently completed national survey of…

  • "Considering Technology-Rich Texts in a Literature/Writing Curriculum"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2006, February 7). New medi-ack!: Considering technology-rich texts in a literature/writing curriculum. Kent State University, Kent, OH. abstract In two lecture-workshops (one for literature faculty and one for composition faculty), I presented an overview of the history of multimodality in English studies and how multimodal texts are assigned, composed, and analyzed/assessed…

  • "What Defines Computers and Writing as a Discipline?"

    citation Selfe, Cynthia; Kemp, Fred; Inman, James, & Ball, Cheryl E. (2006, February 18). What defines computers and writing as a discipline? Computers & Writing Online Conference. abstract In a roundtable keynote, presented in a synchronous MOO (multi-user, object-oriented chat/game platform), the four presenters address multi-layered questions: Is Computers & Writing truly a discipline? What…

  • "What’s the Point of New Media?" (v. UIUC)

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, January 25). What’s the point of new media?  Evaluating transitional, digital scholarship. Digital Literacies Group, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. abstract In this presentation, I address the recent MLA Task Force report, Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion (2006), which acknowledges an increasing need for thoughtful new strategies of evaluating…

  • "Narrating the Intellectual Labor of The New Work of Scholarship"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, October 18). Narrating the intellectual labor of the new work of scholarship. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. abstract Each presenter (Ball with Andrea Lunsford, Jonathan Alexander, Scott DeWitt, Charles Kostelnick, Bump Halbritter, & Cynthia Selfe) had 10 minutes to “pitch” their concepts…

  • "Scholarship, Art, or Fun?!: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Digital Publications"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, November 10). Scholarship, art, or fun?!: Interdisciplinary perspectives on digital publications. Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH. abstract In this presentation, I discuss the contexts and definitions of digital scholarship, and ask the audience about their assumptions of such work. Then, using a  sample scholarly webtext, ask the audience to…

  • "Doing your own P.R.: Developing Online Faculty and Staff Portfolios"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2009, April 2). Doing your own P.R.: Developing online faculty and staff portfolios to disseminate teaching, research, and service activity. The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH. abstract Cheryl E. Ball will discuss the changing landscape of scholarship in the digital humanities, including examining types of digital scholarship that will change the…

  • "Town Hall: Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E.; Gossett, Kathie; Kalmbach, Jim; Losh, Liz; Lunsford, Karen; Reed, Scott; & Salvo, Michael. (2009, June 21). Town hall: Ubiquitous and sustainable computing: @ School @ Work @ Play. Computers & Writing, University of California–Davis. abstract A roundtable discussion from leaders in the field of digital writing studies about how our work…

  • "The Aesthetics of Editing Digital Media Scholarship"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2009, October 13). The aesthetics of editing digital media scholarship: A look at Kairos. Online Research Mediation & the Arts Seminar. Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway. abstract I will present a short history and overview of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, which has been publishing…

  • "Publishing 2.0: New Rules for New Scholars"

    citation Ball, Cheryl E., & Blair, Kristine. (2009, October 23). Publishing 2.0: New rules for new scholars. English Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. abstract In a shared speaker-series lecture, Ball & Blair discuss the state of digital scholarship, roles of peer-review and mentoring, issues in assessing and evaluating digital scholarship for tenure…