[Air-L] CFP: BWe (Basic Writing Electronic Journal) Special Issue on Multimodal Composing

[Lynn Reid]

Hi everyone,
Below, please find a CFP for the upcoming Special Issue of BWe. Please
circulate widely! Contact Guest Editor Barbara Gleason off-list at
bgleason at ccny.cuny.edu with any questions.
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*Multimodal Composing:*

*Opportunities and Challenges in Basic Writing Contexts*

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*Basic Writing Electronic (BWe) Journal *

*Guest Editor: Barbara Gleason*



                        Traditional print essays (8-15 pages) and webtexts &


                        other multimodal/digital compositions are welcome.



                        *Submission Deadline:* October 15, 2010

                        *Send inquiries* to
bgleason at ccny.cuny.edu<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/bgleason@ccny.cuny.edu>

                        *Submit manuscripts* to
bwespecialissue at gmail.com<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/bwespecialissue@gmail.com>



For the upcoming issue of *BWe*, we seek essays on multimodal writing in
college and pre-college composition and rhetoric classes.  As Cynthia Selfe
argues in the June 2009 issue of *College Composition and Communication*,
our profession's continuing tendency to focus primarily on print literacy
limits our understanding of rhetoric, discourages students from
"identify[ing] their own communication needs" and needlessly limits
individuals who have developed expressive identities in a digital age ("The
Movement of Air, The Breath of Meaning: Aurality and Multimodal Composing"
in *CCC*, June 2009, 618). By widening the possibilities for composing in
their classrooms, instructors may establish more compelling and inclusive
learning environments for students of diverse races and cultures, language
backgrounds, ages, and communication interests. Teachers also may create
classes that can better serve the needs of students who have learning
differences, e.g., in the areas of vision, hearing, or attention.



Along with the potential advantages of incorporating multiple modes of
composing into their curricula, instructors may well experience challenges
that can obstruct curricular change or dampen enthusiasm of both instructors
and students. Integrating new technologies into classes sometimes creates
unwanted hurdles.  Instructors may experience new technologies as more
burdensome than beneficial, especially when faculty are not rewarded for
integrating new communication technologies into their curricula. In
addition, educational institutions are increasingly demanding that digital
texts and multimodal composing options be integrated into their
curricula--sometimes  before they have acquired the funds or the staff to
support these efforts. We already know that we are experiencing a major
transformation in communications that is permeating both our daily lives and
our institutional realities. Most of us are struggling to develop our own
expertise in multimodal composing while simultaneously teaching others to
compose in digital environments.



We encourage prospective authors to consider both opportunities and
challenges associated with teaching/learning multimodal composing.  We hope
to receive submissions that focus on one (or more than one) of these
roles/perspectives:  writer, student, teacher, tutor, program administrator.
We also welcome reviews of books & web sites that enhance instructors'
knowledge of teaching with new technologies OR that facilitate adult
learners' expertise in multimodal composing.  Finally, since basic writing
instruction is moving into new venues (e.g., as test-preparation courses in
for-profit companies or in adult education programs), we welcome submissions
that explore uses of multimodal composing in a variety of institutional
environments.



            All submissions must be submitted electronically.

            Both multimodal texts and traditional print essays are welcome.

            Print essays should be saved in Word or in Rich Text Format
before being

               emailed as attachments.







     *Citation Style:* Submissions should be formatted in MLA style.

     *Manuscript Submission* *Deadline:* October 15, 2010

     *Email inquiries to Barbara Gleason* at
bgleason at ccny.cuny.edu<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/bgleason@ccny.cuny.edu>
.

     *Submit manuscripts* to
bwespecialissue at gmail.com<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/bwespecialissue@gmail.com>
.