Changing Writing

Project at UCT investigating the changing status & forms of writing in Higher Education in a digital age with a focus on student access & diversity. #WritingHE

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

@ched_uct Research seminar on 23 May 1pm presented by @jeffbezemer & @CareyJewitt "Moving Multimodality on: Exploring Communication in the context of Practical Activity and Digital Touch". Details: https://t.co/AyCJvfjYVZ @IN_TOUCH_UCL #multimodality #multimodal

[S A M E - South African Multimodality in Education @SAMultimodality]

A tongue-in-cheek look at traveling, selfies, snapshots and learning through a multimodal social semiotic lens @thinking_ed @WritingHigherEd https://t.co/BaG2sAVg7p

[Ed Campbell @thinking_ed]

Thought-provoking article on possible strategies to address online trolling @WritingHigherEd @SAMultimodality by @travisnoakes https://t.co/tSydtt0uEc

[UCL Knowledge Lab @uclknowledgelab]

‘Why Methodology Matters: Researching Medical Education’. @jeffbezemer will be running a workshop on video research in medical education at this event next month #asmerme2018 #multimodality https://t.co/e51Qedq8sZ

[Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) @ched_uct]

CETAP (https://t.co/cgId8tkrUN) initiated a project in 2017 to cover the cost of the National Benchmark Tests (NBT) for writers from quintile 1-3 schools. Since then, over 1000 learners have written the NBTs for free. Read about more CHED initiatives: https://t.co/zutFwttVWd

[Marco Cappellini @Ma_Cappellini]

"sign making is never entirely predictable, it's always creative" Jeff Bezemer at Unicollaboration research seminar @UNICollaborate

[UCL Knowledge Lab @uclknowledgelab]

Carey Jewitt, Gunther Kress and @jeffbezemer will be among the keynote speakers at the A-MODE conference at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome next year, focusing on ‘Approaches to Multimodal Digital Environments: From Theories to Practices’ https://t.co/YTOGWmUxjG

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

A timely and important topic in research methodologies

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

@herrie_sch

[NTT DATA, Inc. @nttdata_inc]

Innovation drives pro cycling forward. 7 experts share their views on the impact of digital tech on pro cycling: https://t.co/HTqYswwq0q

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

@SAMultimodality @thinking_ed

[Elke Nissen @Elke_Nissen]

@UNICollaborate Multimodal research on interaction: adopt a bird’s eye view - Jeff Bezemer in his presentation in the Unicollaboration research methods seminar

[Ed Campbell @thinking_ed]

A thought-provoking blog entry on using designed space to go "beyond narrative" - drawing on the resources students bring to class https://t.co/rc4YWXofwq @SAMultimodality @WritingHigherEd #samultimodality

[Daniel O'Sullivan @danielanthonyos]

A wonderful article by Fran Christie on MAK Halliday - the influence and relevance of his educational linguistics and its significant contribution to educational theory and practice #sysfunc https://t.co/vkV2KkkIO7

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

This connects with numerous discussions this week about the role of academia and the notion of contributing in various spheres outside academia as well @SAMultimodality @thinking_ed #samultimodality

[Sophia Diamantopoulo @SophiaDiamantop]

Jeff Bezemer in his keynote at 'Social Science as Social Semiotics conference' Kaliningrad stresses our 'responsibility to intervene and act in the social world rather than only interpret it' @jeffbezemer

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

Good to familiarise yourself with the basic terms (and not so basic) terms of multimodal social semiotics

[Ed Campbell @thinking_ed]

A fantastic resource for those interested in multimodal social semiotics - a glossary of seminal terms https://t.co/XWMsbOhkny @SAMultimodality @WritingHigherEd #samultimodality

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

Christine Price looks at frameworks for spatial texts at 9ICOM - how do we 'write' with space? https://t.co/QdbGyX1nY7 @samultimodality @crthorne @thinking_ed #samultimodality

[Changing Writing @WritingHigherEd]

Christine Price looks at frameworks for spatial texts at 9ICOM - how do we 'write' with space? https://t.co/QdbGyX1nY7 @samultimodality @crthorne @thinking_ed #samultimodality

[Ed Campbell @CampbellEduard]

Thought provoking talk on designs for learning as political and social achievements - all about recognition of semiotic practices and agency #samultimodality @WritingHigherEd @9ICOM_CMC

[Ed Campbell @thinking_ed]

Louise Ravelli @9ICOM_CMC talks about learning spaces as multimodal texts in higher education. Fresh use of the metafunctions @WritingHigherEd #samultimodality

[Ed Campbell @thinking_ed]

The interactional library with minimised power and little institutional control - the new kind of library described by Louise Ravelli @9ICOM_CMC @WritingHigherEd #samultimodality

[Ed Campbell @thinking_ed]

Recontextualising “boundary objects” like bottles and caps into the discourses “around” social upliftment by Arlene Archer and Anders Björkvall @9ICOM_CMC @WritingHigherEd #samultimodality