Publications

Isabel Pedersen, Ann Hill Duin

Conference Paper: This exploratory study identifies the tangling of proposed relationships between human and non-human agents by providing an analysis on how AI technologies are marketed for learning subjects through a critical discourse analysis of corporate advertisements.

From the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | 2022

Lesley Wilton

Book Chapter: In Designing for Meaningful Synchronous and Asynchronous Discussion in Online Courses.

Ann Hill Duin, Isabel Pedersen, Jason Tham

Book Chapter: This exploratory study examines instructor discussion, instructional development, and study of student building of digital literacy as a result of the use and/or curation of Fabric of Digital Life collections on emerging technologies.

Kenyan Burnham, Jason Tham

Journal Article: Digital literacy is an ongoing area of inquiry and research in technical and professional communication (TPC) pedagogy. This article reports the findings from an analysis of assignment designs and deployments, complemented by student and instructor reflections on the use of a digital archive in digital literacy development. Programmatic Perspectives, vol 12 issue 2.

Daniel L. Hocutt

Conference Paper: This paper reports on a preliminary comparative study of Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant voice assistants (VA) that explores the origins of answers provided on each platform in an attempt to determine the extent that these origins influence responses.  From Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication.

Andrew Iliadis , Tony Liao , Isabel Pedersen , and Jing Han

Journal Article: Machines produce and operate using complex systems of metadata that need to be cata- logued, sorted, and processed. Many students lack the experience with metadata and sufficient knowl- edge about it to understand it as part of their data literacy skills. This paper describes an educational and interactive database activity designed for teaching undergraduate communication students about the creation, value, and logic of structured data. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2021, Vol. 4, 152-165

Davis, K., Stambler, D., Veeramoothoo, S., Ranade, N., Hocutt, D., Tham, J., Misak, J., Duin, A. H., & Pedersen, I.

Journal Article: Defining literacy in the writing classroom is a difficult project. Pedagogical scholarship voices a need to understand literacy as literacies, or as plural, multidimensional, or multilayered. Multidimensional literacies present a need for multidimensional instructional models, yet there is no innovative model for building digital literacy. In this article we provide assignments implemented in several writing courses as part of the BDL project. We hope to highlight how instructors can develop assignments that engage students with the multiple literacies needed to be successful critical thinkers in their personal and professional digital lives. Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy.

Jason C.K. Tham

Book: This book explicates the relationships between design thinking, critical making, and socially responsive technical communication. It leverages the recent technology-powered DIY culture called “the Maker Movement” to identify how citizen innovation can inform cutting-edge social innovation that advocates for equitable change and progress on today’s “wicked” problems.

Ann Hill Duin and Isabel Pedersen

Book: This collection explores the future of writing. As non-human agents and artificial intelligences (AI) disrupt all writing fields and professions, human writers have to adapt.

JasonTham, Ann HillDuin, Saveena (Chakrika)Veeramoothoo, Brandi J.Fuglsby

Journal Article: Global learning promotes intercultural understanding among learners and their nodes. Students use networked technologies to connect with other students located in various parts of the world. Students interact to co-construct knowledge and respond to unique situations collaboratively. Connectivism is a strategic theory that leverages the availability of distributed knowledge.

Tony Liao, Andrew Iliadis

Journal Article: New Media & Society. This study analyzes two futures data sets to understand 10 years of futures surrounding AR.

Ann Hill Duin, Jason Tham, Isabel Pedersen

Book chapter: Effective teaching of technical communication: Theory, practice and application, M. Klein (Editor)