Serial-izing a Writing Course: Using New Media to Promote Rhetorical Awareness and Authority
Abstract
This session explores a WAC course that embraces new media (specifically the Serial podcast) and digital composing as effective writing instruction tools, supported by Lunsford’s claims of a “literacy revolution.” Sharing specific assignments, the presenter considers how the course materials promote students’ burgeoning rhetorical awareness and authority.
Serial-izing a Writing Course: Using New Media to Promote Rhetorical Awareness and Authority
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This session explores a WAC course that embraces new media (specifically the Serial podcast) and digital composing as effective writing instruction tools, supported by Lunsford’s claims of a “literacy revolution.” Sharing specific assignments, the presenter considers how the course materials promote students’ burgeoning rhetorical awareness and authority.